victim support officertoresidential home young people care worker
A victim support officer already meets 73% of what the residential home young people care worker role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
73%
45.2/ 100
1 Share of the residential home young people care worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the victim support officer 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 this move works
A residential home young people care worker role treats 47 of its required skills as things a victim support officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adolescent psychological development
- advocate for social service users
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
What stands in the way is 17 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 47 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A residential home young people care worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a victim support officer background worth leading with.
- already held adolescent psychological development social sciences, journalism and information
- already held promote service users' rights communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct interview in social service communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held protect vulnerable social service users assisting and caring
- already held apply problem solving in social service communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held meet standards of practice in social services assisting and caring
All 47 carried skills, including the 47 the residential home young people care worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 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.
- required, not held assist individuals with disabilities in community activities required
- required, not held assist social service users in formulating complaints required
- required, not held encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities required
- required, not held refer service users to community resources required
- required, not held support service users in developing skills required
- required, not held support service users to use technological aids required
- required, not held support social service users with specific communication needs required
- required, not held assist social service users with physical disabilities required
- required, not held comply with legislation in social services required
- required, not held maintain privacy of service users required
- required, not held support harmed social service users required
- required, not held support social service users' positiveness required
- required, not held maintain the trust of service users required
- required, not held support social service users in skills management required
- optional, not held cooperate with professionals optional
- required, not held monitor service users' health required
- required, not held undertake risk assessment of social service users required
- required, not held customer service required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a residential home young people care worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist individuals with disabilities in community activities skill · sector specific
- 02 assist social service users in formulating complaints skill · sector specific
- 03 customer service knowledge · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 47 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- already held adolescent psychological development knowledge
- already held advocate for social service users skill
- already held apply decision making within social work skill
- already held apply holistic approach within social services skill
- already held apply organisational techniques skill
- 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 apply socially just working principles skill
- already held assess social service users' situation skill
- already held assess the development of youth skill
- already held build helping relationship with social service users skill
- already held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- already held communicate with social service users skill
- already held company policies knowledge
- already held conduct interview in social service skill
- already held contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
- 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 involve service users and carers in care planning 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 meet standards of practice in social services skill
- already held prepare youths for adulthood skill
- already held prevent social problems skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held promote service users' rights skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held promote the safeguarding of young people skill
- already held protect vulnerable social service users skill
- already held provide social counselling skill
- already held relate empathetically skill
- already held report on social development skill
- already held review social service plan skill
- already held social justice knowledge
- already held social sciences knowledge
- already held support the positiveness of youths skill
- already held tolerate stress skill
- already held undertake continuous professional development in social work skill
- already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
- already held work within communities skill
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held cooperate with professionals optional
33 held skills the residential home young people care worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically 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 crisis intervention 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 crime victims' needs knowledge
- not needed by the target role crime victims' rights knowledge
- not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
- not needed by the target role crisis intervention knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop professional identity in social work skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role empower social service users skill
- not needed by the target role handle humanitarian response programs skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role humanitarian aid actors knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal compensation for victims of crime knowledge
- not needed by the target role make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
- not needed by the target role manage ethical issues within social services skill
- 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 organise social work packages skill
- not needed by the target role plan social service process skill
- not needed by the target role provide support to social services users skill
- not needed by the target role provide victim assistance skill
- not needed by the target role refer social service users skill
- not needed by the target role social work theory knowledge
- not needed by the target role strategies for handling cases of sexual assault knowledge
- not needed by the target role support juvenile victims skill
- not needed by the target role support traumatised children skill
- not needed by the target role support victims of human rights violations skill
- not needed by the target role support volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role work on the effects of abuse skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held customer service required
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.