Municipal Social Services Officer
The town hall's first responder for families in difficulty — housing help, benefits, dependency care and emergency support.
Degree-level grade: technical and management work one step below A1, with its own competitive exam. What does this group mean?
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- Typical pay
- €24k–€40k
- Usual education
- University degree (social work, social education) + public exam
- Outlook
- Growing steadily as ageing populations expand dependency and care services.
A day in the life
You meet families in the morning, assess what support they qualify for, and coordinate with schools, health centres and NGOs. Afternoons are for case notes, benefit applications and the reports that unlock funding.
Ways in
- Social work or social education degree then the municipal oposición
- Work in an NGO first, then move into the public bolsa
- Internal promotion from an administrative post with a social work degree
What to study at 16
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Spain
Bachillerato de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Portugal
Ciências Socioeconómicas
Italy
Liceo classico / scienze umane
Netherlands
Profiel Economie & Maatschappij
Austria
AHS Oberstufe
Belgium
ASO – General secondary
Exams you'll need
The gates between you and this job, and when each one comes.
EPSO competitions
The route into the same kind of work inside the EU institutions.
RequiredOposición Grupo A2 / B
Entry to this post is through the competitive exam for its group.
Skills that matter
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