Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

social service consultanttosocial security administrator

A social service consultant already meets 53% of what the social security administrator role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social service consultant
53%
Overlap1
To social security administrator
14 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
43.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

53%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

43.9/ 100

1 Share of the social security administrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social service consultant 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

Why this move works

A social security administrator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a social service consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legislative acts
  • analyse community needs
  • government policy implementation
  • liaise with local authorities
  • maintain relationships with government agencies
  • manage government policy implementation

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A social security administrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a social service consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held promote social awareness communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • 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 advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 14 carried skills, including the 7 the social security administrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 13 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held develop social security programmes required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held social security law required
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held legal research optional
  • optional, not held public housing legislation optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held promote social security programmes required
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held ensure information transparency required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • required, not held government social security programmes required
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a social security administrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 14 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legislative acts skill
  • already held analyse community needs skill
  • already held government policy implementation knowledge
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held maintain relationships with government agencies skill
  • already held manage government policy implementation skill
  • already held provide improvement strategies skill
  • already held build community relations skill
  • already held create solutions to problems skill
  • already held maintain relations with local representatives skill
  • already held present reports skill
  • already held promote social awareness skill
  • already held promote social change skill
  • already held work within communities skill
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
  • optional, not held legal research optional
  • optional, not held manage accounts optional
  • optional, not held oversee quality control optional
  • optional, not held public housing legislation optional
  • optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
13 held skills the social security administrator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on provision of social services skill
  • not needed by the target role assess social service users' situation skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with social service users skill
  • not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic planning skill
  • not needed by the target role influence policy makers on social service issues skill
  • not needed by the target role legal requirements in the social sector knowledge
  • not needed by the target role make legislation transparent for users of social services skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor regulations in social services skill
  • not needed by the target role plan social service process skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role report on social development skill
  • not needed by the target role social justice knowledge
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held government social security programmes required
  • required, not held social security law required
  • optional, not held employment law optional
  • optional, not held legal research optional
  • optional, not held public housing legislation optional
Index

Other moves recorded from social service consultant

Full index of moves from social service consultant

Note

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.