Prepare youths for adulthood

Description

Work with children and young people to identify the skills and abilities they will need for their transition to become independent and self-sufficient adults.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 17 occupations
  • Optional in 30 occupations
  • Total: 47 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Primary school teaching assistant
    Primary school teaching assistants provide instructional and practical support to primary school teachers. They reinforce instruction with students in need of extra attention and p…
  • Primary school teacher
    Primary school teachers instruct students on a primary school level. They develop lesson plans in line with curriculum objectives for the variety of subjects they teach, including …
  • Consultant social worker
    Consultant social workers deliver high quality social work services by contributing to the development and improvement of social work and social care practice. They contribute to p…
  • Foster care support worker
    Foster care support workers assist and support mentally or physically abused children to be legally separated from their parents. They help them to recover by placing them in appro…
  • Steiner school teacher
    Steiner school teachers educate students using approaches that reflect the (Waldorf) Steiner philosophy and principles. They focus on practical, hands-on activities in the curricul…
  • Youth offending team worker
    Youth offending team workers support young offenders by preventing them from reoffending, counselling them for behavioural changes, referring them to agencies that provide housing,…
  • Mental health support worker
    Mental health support workers assist and provide treatment to people with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems. They focus on personalised cases and monitor their clients…
  • Drug and alcohol addiction counsellor
    Drug and alcohol addiction counsellors provide assistance and counselling to individuals and families dealing with drug and alcohol addictions, monitoring their progress, advocatin…
  • Residential home young people care worker
    Residential home young people care workers provide assistance and support to young people who face complex emotional needs expressed in challenging behaviours. They support young …
  • Montessori school teacher
    Montessori school teachers educate students using approaches that reflect the Montessori philosophy and principles developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, an Italian physician and educa…
  • Freinet school teacher
    Freinet school teachers educate students using approaches that reflect the Freinet philosophy and principles developed by Célestin Freinet, a French pedagogue and educational refor…
  • Family social worker
    Family social workers provide emotional and practical help and advice to families that go through difficulties such as addictions, disabilities, sickness, imprisoned parents, marit…
  • Mental health social worker
    Mental health social workers assist and provide counselling to people with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems. They focus on providing personalised support to cases and…
  • Migrant social worker
    Migrant social workers provide advice to migrants in order to guide them through the necessary steps of integration, namely living and working in a foreign country. They explain el…
  • Youth worker
    Youth workers assist and counsel young people helping them to reach their full potential by facilitating their personal, social and educational growth. They are also involved in ma…
  • Substance misuse worker
    Substance misuse workers provide assistance and counselling to people with substance abuse problems. They monitor their progress, advocate for them, and performe crisis interventio…
  • Social pedagogue
    Social pedagogues provide care, support, and education to children and young persons with different backgrounds or capabilities. They develop educational processes for young person…

Optional for

  • ICT teacher secondary school
    ICT teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, specialised a…
  • Science teacher secondary school
    Science teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, specialis…
  • History teacher secondary school
    History teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, speci…
  • Classical languages teacher secondary school
    Classical languages teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject tea…
  • Deputy head teacher
    Deputy head teachers support the management duties of their school's principals and are part of the school's administrative staff. They update the head teacher on the daily operati…
  • University department head
    University department heads lead and manage the department of their discipline in which they are academic leaders and work with the faculty dean and other heads of department to…
  • Secondary school head teacher
    Secondary school head teachers are responsible for meeting curriculum standards, which facilitate academic development for the students. They manage staff, working closely with the…
  • Physics teacher secondary school
    Physics teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, speci…
  • Social counsellor
    Social counsellors provide support and guidance to individuals in the social work area, to help them solve specific problems in their personal life. It involves addressing personal…
  • Music teacher secondary school
    Music teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, special…
  • Secondary school teacher
    Secondary school teachers provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually specialist subject teachers, who inst…
  • Homelessness worker
    Homelessness workers provide on-the-spot assistance, counselling and advice to people who have housing problems or live on the streets. They present them with services available to…
  • Hospital social worker
    Hospital social workers provide counselling to patients and their families helping them to better cope with the illness, the emotions surrounding diagnosis, and with social and fin…
  • Secondary school teaching assistant
    Secondary school teaching assistants provide various support services to secondary school teachers such as instructional and practical support. They help with the preparation of le…
  • Business studies and economics teacher secondary school
    Business studies and economics teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually …
  • Art teacher secondary school
    Art teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, specialis…
  • Community care case worker
    Community care case workers perform assessment and care management. They organise domiciliary services to support vulnerable adults who are living with physical impairment or conva…
  • Geography teacher secondary school
    Geography teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, spe…
  • Biology teacher secondary school
    Biology teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, speci…
  • Social care worker
    Social care workers provide support and help people with care services. They help people to live full and valued lives in the community. They assist babies, young children, adolesc…
  • Victim support officer
    Victim support officers provide assistance and counselling to people who were victim of or have witnessed crimes such as sexual assault, domestic abuse or anti-social behaviour. Th…
  • Criminal justice social worker
    Criminal justice social workers tackle criminal behaviour and reduce risk of reoffending by promoting and establishing programs to prevent crime within communities. They assist in …
  • Physical education teacher secondary school
    Physical education teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers…
  • Community social worker
    Community social workers help people in disadvantage or excluded from society to change their situation and handle their integration problems. They work with communities focusing o…
  • Rehabilitation support worker
    Rehabilitation support workers provide counselling to individuals dealing with birth defects or with major consequences caused by diseases, accidents, and burnouts. They help them …
  • Philosophy teacher secondary school
    Philosophy teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, specia…
  • Drama teacher secondary school
    Drama teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, specialised…
  • Modern languages teacher secondary school
    Modern languages teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teache…
  • Chemistry teacher secondary school
    Chemistry teachers at secondary schools provide education to students, commonly children and young adults, in a secondary school setting. They are usually subject teachers, special…
  • Community development social worker
    Community development social workers support individuals, families, and groups in socially or financially deprived areas. They provide leadership and bring local people together to…

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