Youth centre manager to enterprise development worker
A youth centre manager already meets 58% of what the enterprise development worker role asks for. The move turns on 26 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.7/ 100
1 How much of what an enterprise development worker is expected to do is already part of a youth centre manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the enterprise development worker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An enterprise development worker role treats 37 of its required skills as things a youth centre manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- accept own accountability
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advocate for social service users
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
What stands in the way is 26 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 37 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An enterprise development worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a youth centre manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage ethical issues within social services assisting and caring
- already held cooperate at inter-professional level communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held involve service users and carers in care planning management skills
- already held apply decision making within social work management skills
- already held prevent social problems assisting and caring
- already held apply holistic approach within social services information skills
All 37 carried skills, including the 37 the enterprise development worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn advise on social enterprise required
- still to learn apply case management required
- still to learn apply crisis intervention required
- still to learn apply problem solving in social service required
- still to learn conduct interview in social service required
- still to learn develop professional identity in social work required
- still to learn empower social service users required
- still to learn make legislation transparent for users of social services required
- still to learn negotiate with social service users required
- still to learn promote service users' rights required
- still to learn negotiate with social service stakeholders required
- still to learn apply anti-oppressive practices required
- still to learn apply person-centred care required
- still to learn meet standards of practice in social services required
- still to learn protect vulnerable social service users required
- still to learn refer social service users required
- still to learn provide social counselling required
- still to learn provide support to social services users required
- still to learn consider social impact of actions on service users required
- still to learn organise social work packages required
- still to learn tolerate stress required
- still to learn plan social service process required
- still to learn social entreprise required
- still to learn social work theory required
- still to learn company policies required
- still to learn have computer literacy required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an enterprise development worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on social enterprise practise this
- 02 apply anti-oppressive practices practise this
- 03 apply case management practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 37 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- 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 quality standards in social services skill
- already held apply socially just working principles skill
- already held assess social service users' situation 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 contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
- already held cooperate at inter-professional level skill
- already held deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
- already held demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- already held develop professional network 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 ethical issues within social services skill
- already held manage social crisis skill
- already held manage stress in the work place skill
- already held prevent social problems skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held promote social change 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 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
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held business communication optional
1 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held business communication optional
48 held skills the enterprise development worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role advocate for others skill
- not needed by the target role analyse community needs skill
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role build community relations skill
- not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out social work research skill
- not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legislation in social services skill
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with professionals skill
- not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop a pedagogical concept skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate staff performance in social work skill
- not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role influence policy makers on social service issues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets for social services programs skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage government funding skill
- not needed by the target role manage health and safety standards skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role monitor regulations in social services skill
- not needed by the target role pedagogy knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform public relations skill
- not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
8 further entries not listed here
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn company policies required
- still to learn social entreprise required
- still to learn social work theory required
- optional, not held business communication optional
Common questions about this move
Can a youth centre manager become an enterprise development worker?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A youth centre manager already covers 58% of what an enterprise development worker is expected to do: 37 skills carry over, 37 of which the enterprise development worker role treats as required.
What skills does a youth centre manager need to become an enterprise development worker?
26 required skills are missing, plus 1 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on social enterprise.
How hard is the move from youth centre manager to enterprise development worker?
Its learning distance is 59.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.