Social security administrator to social service consultant
A social security administrator already meets 47% of what the social service consultant role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
50.4/ 100
1 How much of what a social service consultant is expected to do is already part of a social security administrator’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 6 of its required skills as things a social security administrator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on legislative acts
- government policy implementation
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
- maintain relationships with government agencies
- provide improvement strategies
What stands in the way is 8 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 14 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 social security administrator background worth leading with.
- already held promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held provide improvement strategies management skills
- already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held build community relations communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
All 14 carried skills, including the 6 the social service consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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 communicate with social service users required
- still to learn influence policy makers on social service issues required
- still to learn report on social development required
- optional, not held make legislation transparent for users of social services optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- still to learn evaluate social work program's impact required
- still to learn monitor regulations in social services required
- still to learn legal requirements in the social sector required
- still to learn social justice required
- optional, not held assess social service users' situation optional
- optional, not held plan social service process optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion 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 communicate with social service users 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held advise on legislative acts skill
- 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 provide improvement strategies skill
- already held analyse community needs skill
- already held build community relations skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held promote social awareness skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held work within communities skill
5 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 implement strategic planning optional
- optional, not held plan social service process optional
- optional, not held promote inclusion optional
13 held skills the social service consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role develop social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure information transparency skill
- not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
- not needed by the target role government social security programmes knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal research knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage accounts skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role oversee quality control skill
- not needed by the target role promote social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role public housing legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role show intercultural awareness skill
- not needed by the target role social security law knowledge
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 social security administrator
Common questions about this move
Can a social security administrator become a social service consultant?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A social security administrator already covers 47% of what a social service consultant is expected to do: 14 skills carry over, 6 of which the social service consultant role treats as required.
What skills does a social security administrator need to become a social service consultant?
8 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 6 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 social security administrator to social service consultant?
Its learning distance is 50.4 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.