social services policy officer

Social services policy officers research, analyse and develop social services policies and implement these policies and services to improve circumstances of disadvantaged and vulnerable members of society such as children and elderly people. They work in the administration of social services and stay in contact with organisations and other stakeholders and provide them with regular updates.

The most in-demand skills for this role include impact of social contexts on health, government social security programmes, apply quality standards in social services, apply problem solving in social service, evaluate social work program's impact, advise on provision of social services. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives social services policy officer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.