Group facilitator vs liaison

The differences between group facilitators and liaisons can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a group facilitator and a liaison. Additionally, a liaison has an average salary of $53,737, which is higher than the $31,316 average annual salary of a group facilitator.

The top three skills for a group facilitator include social work, substance abuse and crisis intervention. The most important skills for a liaison are patients, customer service, and home health.

Group facilitator vs liaison overview

	Group Facilitator	Liaison
Yearly salary	$31,316	$53,737
Hourly rate	$15.06	$25.84
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	72,877	34,074
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	12	12

What does a group facilitator do?

A group facilitator plans and guides group events to ensure everyone's objectives are met by guiding everyone through the process. They are involved in the overall outcome of the meeting, including participation. Your job as a facilitator is to create an environment where everyone can participate in the group discussion, understand each other's views, and share responsibility. An important thing to note as a facilitator is that you don't take sides and remain neutral.

What does a liaison do?

A liaison is a middle person responsible for collaborating different institutes, managing professional relationships to create benefiting results that would help a business' meet its goals and objectives. Duties of a liaison include facilitating communications, establishing partnership contract plans and procedures, managing conflicts, providing immediate resolution for concerns, and evaluating collaboration parameters. A liaison must be highly knowledgeable about the subject matters of the represented organization, handling inquiries, and coming up with strategic solutions to make the project successful.

Group facilitator vs liaison salary

Group facilitators and liaisons have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Group Facilitator	Liaison
Average salary	$31,316	$53,737
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $47,000	Between $30,000 And $95,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	California	Washington
Best paying company	Hawaii Pacific Health	Apple
Best paying industry	Government	Manufacturing

Differences between group facilitator and liaison education

There are a few differences between a group facilitator and a liaison in terms of educational background:

	Group Facilitator	Liaison
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	California State University - Long Beach	Northwestern University

Group facilitator vs liaison demographics

Here are the differences between group facilitators' and liaisons' demographics:

	Group Facilitator	Liaison
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 28.7% Female, 71.3%	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.8% Asian, 6.5% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.1%	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 6.9% White, 55.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between group facilitator and liaison duties and responsibilities

Group facilitator example responsibilities.

Analyze online learning experience and achieve improvement through implementing use of social networking, interactive PowerPoint and additional software.
Provide individual and family therapy to the community at large and select clients of the IOP program.
Facilitate adult groups for mental health intensive outpatient program where focus are on DBT and CBT skills.
Provide DBT groups to adult populations with personality disorders.
Facilitate intensive wraparound services to families with emotionally disturb children and adolescents.
Gather facts and evidence to establish eligibility benefits base on HIV and medical conditions.

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Liaison example responsibilities.

Manage and increase social activity of the WVUncovered twitter account.
Manage and create original content for all social media platforms (twitter, instagram, tumblr).
Manage social media outlets for the organization; such as Facebook, update weekly status and weekly inspirational videos.
Educate physician group practices to reduce hospitalizations, increase positive patient outcomes & achieve meaningful use of EMR systems.
Perform assessments on ICU patients and market to many members of the health care team.
Work predominantly ICU cases, acquiring considerable experience with high-level complex patients.

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Group facilitator vs liaison skills

Common group facilitator skills

Social Work, 15%
Substance Abuse, 14%
Crisis Intervention, 7%
Mental Health Issues, 5%
Community Resources, 4%
Domestic Violence, 4%

Common liaison skills

Patients, 24%
Customer Service, 14%
Home Health, 10%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Social Work, 5%
Patient Care, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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