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

social workertosocial work assistant

A social worker already meets 80% of what the social work assistant role asks for. The move turns on 3 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social worker
80%
Overlap1
To social work assistant
38 Skills carried over
3 Required, not held
25.8 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 25.8

This move: 25.8 of 100 · adjacent

1 Share of the social work assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social worker 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 38 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A social work assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held engage with offenders assisting and caring
  • already held assist families in crisis situations assisting and caring
  • already held empower individuals, families and groups communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held consultation business, administration and law
  • already held identify mental health issues information skills
  • already held crisis intervention health and welfare

All 38 carried skills, including the 21 the social work assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 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, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields required
  • required, not held listen actively required
  • required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
  • optional, not held assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
02 social sciences, journalism and information 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held adolescent psychological development optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
03 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
04 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held community education optional
05 health and welfare 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held client-centred counselling optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held plan schedule optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a social work assistant 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 38 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held apply person-centred care skill
  • already held apply problem solving in social service skill
  • already held apply quality standards in social services skill
  • already held assess social service users' situation skill
  • already held build helping relationship with social service users skill
  • already held communicate with social service users skill
  • already held contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
  • already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
  • already held follow health and safety precautions in social care practices skill
  • already held maintain records of work with service users skill
  • already held manage ethical issues within social services skill
  • already held manage social crisis skill
  • already held meet standards of practice in social services skill
  • already held plan social service process skill
  • already held prevent social problems skill
  • already held promote service users' rights skill
  • already held protect vulnerable social service users skill
  • already held provide social counselling skill
  • already held provide support to social services users skill
  • already held relate empathetically skill
  • already held review social service plan skill
  • already held apply crisis intervention skill
  • already held apply holistic approach within social services skill
  • already held assist families in crisis situations skill
  • already held communication knowledge
  • already held conduct interview in social service skill
  • already held consultation knowledge
  • already held counselling methods knowledge
  • already held crisis intervention knowledge
  • already held develop professional identity in social work skill
  • already held empower individuals, families and groups skill
  • already held empower social service users skill
  • already held engage with offenders skill
  • already held identify mental health issues skill
  • already held legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
  • already held promote inclusion skill
  • already held social sciences knowledge
  • already held social work theory knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health care system optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assess clients' drug and alcohol addictions optional
  • optional, not held client-centred counselling optional
  • optional, not held adolescent psychological development optional
  • optional, not held communicate by telephone optional
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held give constructive feedback optional
  • optional, not held health care system optional
  • optional, not held plan schedule optional
  • optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
83 held skills the social work assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on social security benefits skill
  • not needed by the target role advocate for social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role apply anti-oppressive practices skill
  • not needed by the target role apply case management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply decision making within social work skill
  • not needed by the target role apply socially just working principles skill
  • not needed by the target role assess social work students skill
  • not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
  • not needed by the target role assessment processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist children with special needs in education settings skill
  • not needed by the target role assist the homeless skill
  • not needed by the target role build community relations skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out social work research skill
  • not needed by the target role child protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role clinical social work knowledge
  • not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
  • not needed by the target role consider social impact of actions on service users skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate at inter-professional level skill
  • not needed by the target role counsel students skill
  • not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
  • not needed by the target role dependency on drugs knowledge
  • 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 establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role family law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
  • not needed by the target role involve service users and carers in care planning skill
  • not needed by the target role make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
  • not needed by the target role manage a social work unit skill
  • not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role migration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate with social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role older adults' needs knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise social work packages skill

43 further entries not listed here

5 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
  • optional, not held client-centred counselling optional
  • optional, not held adolescent psychological development optional
  • optional, not held community education optional
  • optional, not held developmental psychology optional
  • optional, not held health care system optional
Index

Other moves recorded from social worker

Full index of moves from social worker

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.