volunteer mentortoyouth information worker
A volunteer mentor already meets 17% of what the youth information worker role asks for. The move turns on 29 required skills not yet in the profile.
17%
84.7/ 100
1 Share of the youth information worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the volunteer mentor 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 youth information worker role treats 6 of its required skills as things a volunteer mentor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate with youth
- empower young people
- give constructive feedback
- listen actively
- mentor individuals
- train employees
What stands in the way is 29 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A youth information worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a volunteer mentor background worth leading with.
- already held empower young people assisting and caring
- already held communicate with youth communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held mentor individuals communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held give constructive feedback communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held listen actively communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held train employees communication, collaboration and creativity
All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the youth information worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 8 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 cooperate with professionals required
- required, not held develop non-formal educational activities required
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held identify information needs of young people required
- required, not held manage youth information services required
- required, not held address problems critically required
- required, not held communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields required
- required, not held develop professional network required
- required, not held support the positiveness of youths required
- required, not held write work-related reports required
- required, not held apply quality standards in youth services required
- required, not held establish connections with young people required
- required, not held provide youth information counselling required
- required, not held reach out to diverse youth required
- required, not held support the autonomy of young people required
- required, not held maintain privacy required
- required, not held provide information required
- required, not held maintain updated professional knowledge required
- required, not held manage data, information and digital content required
- required, not held organise information services required
- required, not held media and information literacy required
- required, not held youth work principles required
- required, not held youth-centred approach required
- required, not held project management required
- required, not held social media management required
- required, not held assess the development of youth required
- required, not held exercise patience required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a youth information worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 apply quality standards in youth services skill · sector specific
- 02 assess the development of youth skill · sector specific
- 03 cooperate with professionals skill · 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held empower young people skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held mentor individuals skill
- already held train employees skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held communication principles required
- required, not held collaborate through digital technologies required
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
23 held skills the youth information worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advocate for others skill
- not needed by the target role assist clients with personal development skill
- not needed by the target role brief volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role capacity building knowledge
- not needed by the target role coach young people skill
- not needed by the target role coaching techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role data analytics knowledge
- not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- not needed by the target role develop a coaching style skill
- not needed by the target role empower social service users skill
- not needed by the target role facilitate teamwork between students skill
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain professional boundaries in social work skill
- not needed by the target role observe confidentiality skill
- not needed by the target role personal reflection techniques based on feedback knowledge
- not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role sustainable development goals knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of digital badges knowledge
- not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
- not needed by the target role validation of learning acquired through volunteering knowledge
6 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 media and information literacy required
- required, not held project management required
- required, not held youth work principles required
- required, not held youth-centred approach required
- required, not held communication principles required
- required, not held social media management 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.