Public health policy officer to social service consultant
A public health policy officer already meets 47% of what the social service consultant role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.6/ 100
1 How much of what a social service consultant is expected to do is already part of a public health policy officer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the social service consultant role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A social service consultant role treats 7 of its required skills as things a public health policy officer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- monitor regulations in social services
- provide improvement strategies
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A social service consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a public health policy officer background worth leading with.
- already held monitor regulations in social services information skills
- already held provide improvement strategies management skills
- already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage government policy implementation management skills
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 7 the social service consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn advise on provision of social services required
- still to learn advise on legislative acts required
- still to learn communicate with social service users required
- still to learn influence policy makers on social service issues required
- optional, not held make legislation transparent for users of social services optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held promote social change optional
- still to learn legal requirements in the social sector required
- still to learn evaluate social work program's impact required
- still to learn social justice required
- optional, not held assess social service users' situation optional
- optional, not held plan social service process optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a social service consultant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on provision of social services practise this
- 02 evaluate social work program's impact practise this
- 03 advise on legislative acts practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
- already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
- already held monitor regulations in social services skill
- already held provide improvement strategies skill
- already held report on social development skill
- already held build community relations skill
- already held implement strategic planning skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held work within communities skill
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess social service users' situation optional
- optional, not held make legislation transparent for users of social services optional
- optional, not held analyse community needs optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held plan social service process optional
- optional, not held present reports optional
- optional, not held promote social awareness optional
- optional, not held promote social change optional
20 held skills the social service consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address public health issues skill
- not needed by the target role advise policy makers in healthcare skill
- not needed by the target role analyse goal progress skill
- not needed by the target role analyse health problems within a given community skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role assess health services within the community skill
- not needed by the target role carry out strategic research skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
- not needed by the target role conduct health related research skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to public health campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role health care legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role health care system knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement policy in healthcare practices skill
- not needed by the target role lead healthcare services changes skill
- not needed by the target role manage healthcare staff knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role public health knowledge
- not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn legal requirements in the social sector required
- still to learn social justice required
Other moves recorded from public health policy officer
Common questions about this move
Can a public health policy officer become a social service consultant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A public health policy officer already covers 47% of what a social service consultant is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 7 of which the social service consultant role treats as required.
What skills does a public health policy officer need to become a social service consultant?
7 required skills are missing, plus 8 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on provision of social services.
How hard is the move from public health policy officer to social service consultant?
Its learning distance is 50.6 out of 100, which is the moderate band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.