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Where a social security officer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a social security officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Social security officers advise clients on social security benefits and ensure they claim the benefits they are eligible for, as well as providing advice on promotions and other available support services such as employment benefits. They aid clients in applications for benefits such as sickness, maternity, pensions, invalidity, unemployment and family benefits. They investigate the client's right to benefits by reviewing their case and researching legislation and the claim, and suggest an appropriate course of action. Social security advisers also determine the aspects of a specific benefit.

Also known as healthcare insurance adviser, civil servant, benefits officer, government administrative officer, social security claims officer, social security adviser, employment advisor, invalidity adviser.

Technicians and associate professionals 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: social security inspector, 45%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
social security inspector 45% covered pensions administrator 43% covered social security administrator 36% covered ombudsman 34% covered court jury coordinator 33% covered social security officer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from social security officer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a social security officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A social security officer needs 12 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • provide necessary documents assisting and caring
  • investigate social security applications assisting and caring
  • advise on social security benefits communication, collaboration and creativity
  • government social security programmes social sciences, journalism and information
  • social security law business, administration and law
  • ensure information transparency information skills
  • check official documents assisting and caring
  • conduct research interview communication, collaboration and creativity
  • protect client interests communication, collaboration and creativity
  • administer appointments management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a social security officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Social security officer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a social security officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.