social services managertosocial service consultant
A social services manager already meets 73% of what the social service consultant role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.
73%
28.2/ 100
1 Share of the social service consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social services manager profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A social service consultant role treats 10 of its required skills as things a social services manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- communicate with social service users
- government policy implementation
- influence policy makers on social service issues
- legal requirements in the social sector
- liaise with local authorities
- maintain relations with local representatives
What stands in the way is 4 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 20 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 services manager background worth leading with.
- already held influence policy makers on social service issues communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held monitor regulations in social services information skills
- 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 plan social service process management skills
All 20 carried skills, including the 10 the social service consultant role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held advise on provision of social services required
- required, not held advise on legislative acts required
- optional, not held make legislation transparent for users of social services optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
- required, not held evaluate social work program's impact required
- required, not held social justice required
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 skill · sector specific
- 02 evaluate social work program's impact skill · sector specific
- 03 advise on legislative acts skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 20 skills that carry over
- already held communicate with social service users skill
- already held government policy implementation knowledge
- already held influence policy makers on social service issues skill
- already held legal requirements in the social sector 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 analyse community needs skill
- already held assess social service users' situation skill
- already held build community relations skill
- already held manage government policy implementation skill
- already held plan social service process skill
- already held present reports skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held promote social awareness skill
- already held promote social change skill
- already held work within communities skill
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held make legislation transparent for users of social services optional
- optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
- optional, not held implement strategic planning optional
94 held skills the social service consultant role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accept own accountability skill
- not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
- not needed by the target role adolescent psychological development knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on social security benefits skill
- not needed by the target role advocate for others skill
- not needed by the target role advocate for social service users skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role apply decision making within social work skill
- not needed by the target role apply holistic approach within social services skill
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply person-centred care skill
- not needed by the target role apply quality standards in social services skill
- not needed by the target role apply socially just working principles skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role assess the development of youth skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role build helping relationship with social service users skill
- not needed by the target role carry out social work research skill
- not needed by the target role child protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate about youth's well-being skill
- not needed by the target role communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with others who are significant to service users skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with youth skill
- not needed by the target role comply with legislation in social services skill
- not needed by the target role conduct interview in social service skill
- not needed by the target role consider economic criteria in decision making skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to protecting individuals from harm skill
- not needed by the target role contribute to the safeguarding of children skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate at inter-professional level skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate care skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role deliver social services in diverse cultural communities skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate leadership in social service cases skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role develop social security programmes skill
- not needed by the target role disability care knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with policies skill
- not needed by the target role ensure public safety and security skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate staff performance in social work skill
54 further entries not listed here
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held social justice required
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.