Table 1Transition record

social services policy officertosocial security administrator

A social services policy officer already meets 47% of what the social security administrator role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From social services policy officer

47%

Overlap1

To social security administrator

9 Skills carried over

5 Required, not held

49.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

47%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.3/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the social security administrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the social services policy officer 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 8 of its required skills as things a social services policy officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise on legislative acts
analyse community needs
develop social security programmes
government social security programmes
liaise with local authorities
maintain relationships with government agencies

What stands in the way is 5 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 9 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 services policy officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop social security programmes management skills
already held promote social security programmes communication, collaboration and creativity
already held government social security programmes social sciences, journalism and information
already held analyse community needs communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
already held manage government policy implementation management skills

All 9 carried skills, including the 8 the social security administrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 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, 2 supplementary

required, not held manage staff required
required, not held provide improvement strategies required

optional, not held manage accounts optional
optional, not held work within communities 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 information skills 1 required

required, not held ensure information transparency required

04 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required

required, not held government policy implementation required

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 7 supplementary

optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
optional, not held build community relations optional
optional, not held establish collaborative relations optional
optional, not held present reports optional
optional, not held promote social awareness optional
optional, not held promote social change optional
optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional

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 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise on legislative acts skill
already held analyse community needs skill
already held develop social security programmes skill
already held government social security programmes 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 promote social security programmes skill
already held create solutions to problems skill

13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held maintain relations with local representatives optional
optional, not held build community relations optional
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 present reports optional
optional, not held promote social awareness optional
optional, not held promote social change optional
optional, not held public housing legislation optional
optional, not held show intercultural awareness optional
optional, not held work within communities optional

17 held skills the social security administrator role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role European Structural and Investment Funds regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role advise on provision of social services skill
not needed by the target role apply problem solving in social service skill
not needed by the target role apply quality standards in social services skill
not needed by the target role evaluate social work program's impact skill
not needed by the target role evaluate staff performance in social work skill
not needed by the target role government policy knowledge
not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
not needed by the target role manage a social work unit skill
not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
not needed by the target role negotiate with social service stakeholders skill
not needed by the target role organise social work packages skill
not needed by the target role project management knowledge
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
not needed by the target role social work theory 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 policy implementation 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 services policy officer

Full index of moves from social services policy officer

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.