Youth information worker to volunteer mentor
A youth information worker already meets 19% of what the volunteer mentor role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
77.9/ 100
1 How much of what a volunteer mentor is expected to do is already part of a youth information worker’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 volunteer mentor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A volunteer mentor role treats 4 of its required skills as things a youth information worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- empower young people
- give constructive feedback
- listen actively
- mentor individuals
What stands in the way is 18 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 volunteer mentor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a youth information worker 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 4 the volunteer mentor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 8 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 assist clients with personal development required
- still to learn coach young people required
- still to learn empower social service users required
- still to learn advocate for others required
- still to learn develop a coaching style required
- still to learn show intercultural awareness required
- still to learn use communication techniques required
- still to learn maintain professional boundaries in social work required
- still to learn observe confidentiality required
- still to learn relate empathetically required
- still to learn demonstrate leadership in social service cases required
- still to learn facilitate teamwork between students required
- still to learn brief volunteers required
- still to learn validation of learning acquired through volunteering required
- still to learn capacity building required
- optional, not held coaching techniques optional
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
- still to learn data protection required
- optional, not held data analytics optional
- still to learn communication required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a volunteer mentor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist clients with personal development practise this
- 02 coach young people practise this
- 03 data protection study this
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 empower young people skill
- already held give constructive feedback skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held mentor individuals skill
- already held communicate with youth skill
- already held train employees skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
- optional, not held sustainable development goals optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held coaching techniques optional
- optional, not held data analytics optional
- optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
- optional, not held sustainable development goals optional
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
29 held skills the volunteer mentor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role apply quality standards in youth services skill
- not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
- not needed by the target role collaborate through digital technologies skill
- not needed by the target role communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role cooperate with professionals skill
- not needed by the target role develop non-formal educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role establish connections with young people skill
- not needed by the target role exercise patience skill
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role identify information needs of young people skill
- not needed by the target role maintain privacy skill
- not needed by the target role maintain updated professional knowledge skill
- not needed by the target role manage data, information and digital content skill
- not needed by the target role manage youth information services skill
- not needed by the target role media and information literacy knowledge
- not needed by the target role organise information services skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide information skill
- not needed by the target role provide youth information counselling skill
- not needed by the target role reach out to diverse youth skill
- not needed by the target role social media management knowledge
- not needed by the target role support the autonomy of young people skill
- not needed by the target role support the positiveness of youths skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
- not needed by the target role youth work principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role youth-centred approach knowledge
10 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 data protection required
- still to learn validation of learning acquired through volunteering required
- still to learn capacity building required
- still to learn communication required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held coaching techniques optional
- optional, not held data analytics optional
- optional, not held personal reflection techniques based on feedback optional
- optional, not held sustainable development goals optional
- optional, not held types of digital badges optional
Other moves recorded from youth information worker
Common questions about this move
Can a youth information worker become a volunteer mentor?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A youth information worker already covers 19% of what a volunteer mentor is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 4 of which the volunteer mentor role treats as required.
What skills does a youth information worker need to become a volunteer mentor?
18 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist clients with personal development.
How hard is the move from youth information worker to volunteer mentor?
Its learning distance is 77.9 out of 100, which is the career change 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.