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

social pedagoguetodrug and alcohol addiction counsellor

A social pedagogue already meets 58% of what the drug and alcohol addiction counsellor role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social pedagogue
58%
Overlap1
To drug and alcohol addiction counsellor
30 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
58 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

58%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

58/ 100

1 Share of the drug and alcohol addiction counsellor role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social pedagogue 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 drug and alcohol addiction counsellor role treats 30 of its required skills as things a social pedagogue 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 21 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 30 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A drug and alcohol addiction counsellor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social pedagogue background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held psychological theories social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held supervision of persons business, administration and law
  • already held counselling methods health and welfare
  • already held adolescent psychological development social sciences, journalism and information
  • already held cooperate at inter-professional level communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held promote the safeguarding of young people communication, collaboration and creativity

All 30 carried skills, including the 30 the drug and alcohol addiction counsellor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 24 missing skills fall into 4 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 assisting and caring 10 required
  • required, not held have emotional intelligence required
  • required, not held maintain a non-emotional involvement required
  • required, not held organise relapse prevention required
  • required, not held perform therapy sessions required
  • required, not held refer social service users required
  • required, not held respond to individuals' extreme emotions required
  • required, not held use motivational incentives in addiction counselling required
  • required, not held help clients make decisions during counselling sessions required
  • required, not held promote inclusion required
  • required, not held provide social counselling required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions required
  • required, not held build helping relationship with social service users required
  • required, not held encourage counselled clients to examine themselves required
  • required, not held maintain the trust of service users required
  • required, not held promote human rights required
  • optional, not held inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 4 required
  • required, not held behavioural therapy required
  • required, not held cognitive behavioural therapy required
  • required, not held human psychological development required
  • required, not held reflexion required
04 health and welfare 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held client-centred counselling required
  • required, not held dependency on drugs required
  • optional, not held clinical social work optional
  • optional, not held sophrology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a drug and alcohol addiction counsellor 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 30 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 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 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 justice knowledge
  • already held social sciences knowledge
  • already held supervision of persons knowledge
  • already held support the positiveness of youths skill
  • already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held clinical social work optional
  • optional, not held inform on the risks of substance and alcohol abuse optional
  • optional, not held sophrology optional
30 held skills the drug and alcohol addiction counsellor role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role apply foreign languages in social services skill
  • not needed by the target role apply holistic approach within social services skill
  • not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
  • not needed by the target role assist children with special needs in education settings skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate by use of interpretation services skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
  • not needed by the target role community education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with professionals skill
  • not needed by the target role determine child welfare skill
  • not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role empower individuals, families and groups skill
  • not needed by the target role health education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor children's physical development skill
  • not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plan youth activities skill
  • not needed by the target role social development knowledge
  • not needed by the target role social mediation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role social pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role special needs education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support children's wellbeing skill
  • not needed by the target role support social service users to live at home skill
  • not needed by the target role support sport activities in education skill
  • not needed by the target role support traumatised children skill
  • not needed by the target role theatre pedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use learning strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role use pedagogic strategies for creativity skill
  • not needed by the target role work for public inclusion skill
8 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 behavioural therapy required
  • required, not held client-centred counselling required
  • required, not held cognitive behavioural therapy required
  • required, not held human psychological development required
  • required, not held reflexion required
  • required, not held dependency on drugs required
  • optional, not held clinical social work optional
  • optional, not held sophrology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from social pedagogue

Full index of moves from social pedagogue

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.