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Where a social services policy officer can go next

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

Social services policy officers research, analyse and develop social services policies and implement these policies and services to improve circumstances of disadvantaged and vulnerable members of society such as children and elderly people. They work in the administration of social services and stay in contact with organisations and other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.

Also known as social policy specialist, social policy analyst, social services policy advisor, social services policy researcher, social policy officer, social policy development officer, social policy researcher, social policy advisor, policy officer at social services.

Professionals 26 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: social security administrator, 47%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
social security administrator 47% covered social service consultant 45% covered recreation policy officer 40% covered regional development policy o… 40% covered labour market policy officer 32% covered social services policy of… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from social services policy 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 services policy 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 services policy officer needs 11 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
  • advise on provision of social services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop social security programmes management skills
  • impact of social contexts on health health and welfare
  • evaluate social work program's impact information skills
  • government social security programmes social sciences, journalism and information
  • negotiate with social service stakeholders communication, collaboration and creativity
  • advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • apply problem solving in social service communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage government policy implementation management skills
  • apply quality standards in social services assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Social services policy officer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 policy 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.