Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a social services manager can go next

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

Social services managers have the responsibility for strategic and operational leadership and management of staff teams and resources within and or across social services. They are responsible for the implementation of legislation and policies relating to, for example, decisions about vulnerable people. They promote social work and social care values and ethics, equality and diversity, and relevant codes guiding practice. They are responsible for liaising with other professionals in criminal justice, education and health. They can be responsible for contributing to local and national policy development.

Managers 114 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: youth centre manager, 81%

elderly home manager 79% covered rescue centre manager 75% covered social security administrator 74% covered social service consultant 73% covered youth centre manager 81% covered social services manager You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from social services manager. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a social services manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

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social services manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a social services manager already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.