Table 1Transition record

recreational therapisttoart therapist

A recreational therapist already meets 81% of what the art therapist role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From recreational therapist

81%

Overlap1

To art therapist

54 Skills carried over

10 Required, not held

36.5 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 36.5

This move: 36.5 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the art therapist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the recreational therapist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 54 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A art therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a recreational therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held apply art therapy interventions assisting and caring
already held assess art therapy sessions information skills
already held prepare treatment plan for art therapy assisting and caring
already held take referred patients assisting and caring
already held theory of art therapy health and welfare
already held use art in a therapeutic setting assisting and caring

All 54 carried skills, including the 40 the art therapist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 12 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held develop educational materials on art therapy required
required, not held enable patients to explore artworks required
required, not held interact with healthcare users required

optional, not held define creative components optional

02 assisting and caring 3 required

required, not held challenge patient behaviour by means of art required
required, not held formulate a case conceptualisation model for therapy required
required, not held follow clinical guidelines required

03 management skills 2 required

required, not held schedule artistic activities required
required, not held use techniques to increase patients' motivation required

04 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held techniques of practice in art therapy required

optional, not held neurophysiology optional

05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held psychological theories required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a art therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 54 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
already held apply art therapy interventions skill
already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
already held apply organisational techniques skill
already held assess art therapy sessions skill
already held assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
already held behavioural therapy knowledge
already held cognitive psychology knowledge
already held communicate in healthcare skill
already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
already held deal with emergency care situations skill
already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
already held educate on the prevention of illness skill
already held encourage healthcare user's self-monitoring skill
already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
already held fine arts knowledge
already held health care legislation knowledge
already held human psychological development knowledge
already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
already held listen actively skill
already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
already held manage healthcare users' data skill
already held organise relapse prevention skill
already held prepare treatment plan for art therapy skill
already held promote inclusion skill
already held provide health education skill
already held psychopathology knowledge
already held refer healthcare users skill
already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
already held sociology knowledge
already held take referred patients skill
already held theory of art therapy knowledge
already held use art in a therapeutic setting skill
already held use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
already held applied music therapy knowledge
already held apply psychoanalysis skill
already held cognitive behavioural therapy knowledge
already held handle patient trauma skill
already held pedagogy knowledge
already held philosophy knowledge
already held practice gestalt therapy skill
already held psychoanalysis knowledge
already held psychosociology knowledge
already held relaxation techniques knowledge
already held sexology knowledge
already held use foreign languages for health-related research skill
already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
already held victimology knowledge

2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held define creative components optional
optional, not held neurophysiology optional

42 held skills the art therapist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role animal therapy knowledge
not needed by the target role anthropology knowledge
not needed by the target role apply music therapy assessment methods skill
not needed by the target role apply music therapy methods skill
not needed by the target role apply music therapy treatment methods skill
not needed by the target role apply risk management in sports skill
not needed by the target role assess music therapy sessions skill
not needed by the target role autism knowledge
not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
not needed by the target role dance therapy knowledge
not needed by the target role develop a repertoire for music therapy sessions skill
not needed by the target role diagnose mental disorders skill
not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
not needed by the target role eating disorders knowledge
not needed by the target role empathise with the healthcare user skill
not needed by the target role geriatrics knowledge
not needed by the target role health care occupation-specific ethics knowledge
not needed by the target role human physiology knowledge
not needed by the target role identify patients' behaviours skill
not needed by the target role medical studies knowledge
not needed by the target role music therapy processes knowledge
not needed by the target role neurology knowledge
not needed by the target role observe healthcare users skill
not needed by the target role paediatrics knowledge
not needed by the target role peer group methods knowledge
not needed by the target role perform dances skill
not needed by the target role perform therapeutic musical repertoire skill
not needed by the target role perform therapy sessions skill
not needed by the target role plan music therapy sessions skill
not needed by the target role psychoacoustics knowledge
not needed by the target role psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role psychopharmacology knowledge
not needed by the target role psychotherapy principles knowledge
not needed by the target role recognise patients' reaction to therapy skill
not needed by the target role record healthcare users' progress related to treatment skill
not needed by the target role record treated patient's information skill
not needed by the target role reflexion knowledge
not needed by the target role respond to incidents in music therapy sessions skill
not needed by the target role review music therapy treatment approaches skill
not needed by the target role types of music therapies knowledge

2 further entries not listed here

3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held techniques of practice in art therapy required
required, not held psychological theories required
optional, not held neurophysiology optional

Index

Other moves recorded from recreational therapist

Full index of moves from recreational therapist

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.