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Social service consultant

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Community development consultant Social development consultant Social planning consultant Social service planning consultant Social services consultant Social services developer Social services expert Social services planner Welfare consultant

Social service consultants aid in the development of policy and procedure for social service programs. They research social service programs and identify areas for improvement, as well as aid in the development of new programs. They fulfil advisory functions for social service organisations.

Tasks

(a) Liaising and consulting with programme administrators and other interested parties to identify policy needs;
(b) Reviewing existing policies and legislation to identify anomalies and out-of-date provisions;
(c) Researching social, economic and industrial trends, and client expectations of programmes and services provided;
(d) Formulating and analysing policy options, preparing briefing papers and recommendations for policy changes, and advising on preferred options;
(e) Assessing impacts, financial implications, interactions with other programmes and political and administrative feasibility of policies;
(f) Conducting threat and risk assessments and developing responses;
(g) Reviewing operations and programmes to ensure consistency with policies of the organization.

Knowledge

  • Political sciences and civics
  • Law

Digital competencies

  • Planning events and programmes
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Developing solutions
  • Advocating for individual or community needs
  • Communicating with colleagues and clients

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Communicating
  • Supporting others
  • Dealing with problems
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Legal, social and cultural professionals

Authors, journalists and linguists

Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators

1.164

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

51,87%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-10,16% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

74,82%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

13,04%

Part-time contracts

1,08% Turnover index

277

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

17%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Legal, social and cultural professionals

53%

47%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Legal, social and cultural professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Authors, journalists and linguists

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Cement, stone and other mineral products machine operators

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
24%
Between 1 and 2 years
15%
Between 2 and 4 years
31%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
16%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
26%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
17%
Information and communication
14%
Manufacturing
12%
Administrative and support service activities
10%
Others
21%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.