Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

social counsellortosocial pedagogue

A social counsellor already meets 73% of what the social pedagogue role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social counsellor
73%
Overlap1
To social pedagogue
39 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
40.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

73%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

40.1/ 100

1 Share of the social pedagogue role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social counsellor 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.

Why

Why this move works

A social pedagogue role treats 35 of its required skills as things a social counsellor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • adolescent psychological development
  • apply quality standards in social services
  • apply socially just working principles
  • assess social service users' situation
  • assess the development of youth

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 39 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A social pedagogue role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social counsellor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held apply foreign languages in social services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held communicate by use of interpretation services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held plan youth activities management skills
  • already held empower individuals, families and groups communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held cooperate with professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held psychological theories social sciences, journalism and information

All 39 carried skills, including the 35 the social pedagogue role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 7 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 conduct educational activities required
  • required, not held use pedagogic strategies for creativity required
  • required, not held support social service users to live at home required
  • optional, not held communicate about youth's well-being optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply person-centred care required
  • required, not held support children's wellbeing required
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held work for public inclusion optional
03 education 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held health education required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
04 health and welfare 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held social pedagogy required
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held social mediation optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
05 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held apply holistic approach within social services required
  • optional, not held monitor children's physical development optional
  • optional, not held use learning strategies optional
06 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held theatre pedagogy optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a social pedagogue 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 39 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability skill
  • already held adolescent psychological development knowledge
  • already held apply quality standards in social services skill
  • already held apply socially just working principles skill
  • already held assess social service users' situation skill
  • already held assess the development of youth skill
  • already held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
  • already held communicate with social service users skill
  • already held communicate with youth skill
  • already held cooperate at inter-professional level skill
  • already held counselling methods knowledge
  • already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
  • already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
  • already held determine child welfare skill
  • already held empower individuals, families and groups skill
  • already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
  • already held legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held maintain records of work with service users skill
  • already held manage social crisis skill
  • already held manage stress in the work place skill
  • already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
  • already held promote social change skill
  • already held promote the safeguarding of young people skill
  • already held psychological theories knowledge
  • already held psychology knowledge
  • already held relate empathetically skill
  • already held report on social development skill
  • already held social development knowledge
  • already held social justice knowledge
  • already held social sciences knowledge
  • already held supervision of persons knowledge
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held support traumatised children skill
  • already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
  • already held apply foreign languages in social services skill
  • already held communicate by use of interpretation services skill
  • already held cooperate with professionals skill
  • already held plan youth activities skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held support sport activities in education optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held theatre pedagogy optional
  • optional, not held assist children with special needs in education settings optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held social mediation optional
  • optional, not held support sport activities in education optional
  • optional, not held communicate about youth's well-being optional
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held monitor children's physical development optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
  • optional, not held use learning strategies optional
  • optional, not held work for public inclusion optional
56 held skills the social pedagogue role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role address gender-related issues in family planning counselling skill
  • not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on family planning skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on mental health skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on pregnancy skill
  • not needed by the target role anger management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions skill
  • not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role build helping relationship with social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out psychiatric assessment of child skill
  • not needed by the target role client-centred counselling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clinical social work knowledge
  • not needed by the target role cognitive behavioural therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role counsel patient on family concerns skill
  • not needed by the target role dependency on drugs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop patient treatment strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role encourage counselled clients to examine themselves skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate the healing process related to sexual assault skill
  • not needed by the target role family therapy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role have emotional intelligence skill
  • not needed by the target role help clients cope with grief skill
  • not needed by the target role help clients make decisions during counselling sessions skill
  • not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify mental health issues skill
  • not needed by the target role inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain a non-emotional involvement skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain the trust of service users skill
  • not needed by the target role movement techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise relapse prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role peer group methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform therapy sessions skill
  • not needed by the target role pharmacology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role practice gestalt therapy skill
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role provide anger management counselling skill
  • not needed by the target role provide counselling on abortion skill
  • not needed by the target role provide education on family life skill
  • not needed by the target role provide social counselling skill

16 further entries not listed here

9 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 health education required
  • required, not held pedagogy required
  • required, not held social pedagogy required
  • optional, not held theatre pedagogy optional
  • optional, not held disability care optional
  • optional, not held social mediation optional
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held disability types optional
  • optional, not held special needs education optional
Index

Other moves recorded from social counsellor

Full index of moves from social counsellor

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.