Where a social security officer can go next

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

Social security officers advise clients on social security benefits and ensure they claim the benefits they are eligible for, as well as providing advice on promotions and other available support services such as employment benefits. They aid clients in applications for benefits such as sickness, maternity, pensions, invalidity, unemployment and family benefits. They investigate the client's right to benefits by reviewing their case and researching legislation and the claim, and suggest an appropriate course of action. Social security advisers also determine the aspects of a specific benefit.

Table 1 · Within reach

• social security inspector 45% covered · difficulty 50.5

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

• pensions administrator 43% covered · difficulty 55.2
• social security administrator 36% covered · difficulty 57.9
• ombudsman 34% covered · difficulty 58.9
• court jury coordinator 33% covered · difficulty 60.4

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social security officer is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a social security officer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.