the ability to work well with othersknowledge of teaching and the ability to design coursespatience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situationsto be flexible and open to changeknowledge of psychologypersistence and determinationthe ability to create the best conditions for learning or teaching new thingsthe ability to accept criticism and work well under pressureto be able to use a computer and the main software packages competentlyAs a Portage home visitor, you may:observe children and work with parents to identify their child's skills develop activities for parents and their child to practise together show parents how to record their child's progress encourage and provide emotional support to families help parents to access other support services write progress reports and attend review meetingsWith experience, you could:become a senior Portage worker with supervisory or management responsibilities study to be an accredited Portage trainer look for work in a special educational needs school