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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.

Also known as policy manager, social services team leader, social services team manager, adult social services manager, social services co-ordinator, residential home manager, health and social care service manager, social and care services manager, frontline manager, social care manager, elderly homes manager, care service manager.

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

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from social services manager, 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 services manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A social services manager needs 56 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
  • manage a social work unit management skills
  • strategies for handling cases of elder abuse health and welfare
  • provide safeguarding to individuals assisting and caring
  • use person-centred planning management skills
  • evaluate staff performance in social work management skills
  • manage budgets for social services programs management skills
  • influence policy makers on social service issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advocate for others communication, collaboration and creativity
  • carry out social work research information skills
  • manage government funding management skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Social services manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 services manager’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.