What does social worker mean?

Definitions for social worker
so·cial work·er

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. social worker, caseworker, welfare workernoun

    someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)

Wiktionary

  1. social workernoun

    A person whose profession is social work.

Wikipedia

  1. social worker

    Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social work practice draws from areas, such as psychology, sociology, health, political science, community development, law, and economics to engage with systems and policies, conduct assessments, develop interventions, and enhance social functioning and responsibility. The ultimate goal of social work is the improvement of people's lives and the achievement of social justice. Social work practice is often divided into three levels. Micro-work involves working directly with individuals and families, such as providing individual counseling/therapy or assisting a family in accessing services. Mezzo-work involves working with groups and communities, such as conducting group therapy or providing services for community agencies. Macro-work involves fostering change on a larger scale through advocacy, social policy, research development, non-profit and public service administration, or working with government agencies. Starting in the 1980s, a few universities began social work management programmes, to prepare students for the management of social and human service organizations, in addition to classical social work education.The social work profession developed in the 19th century, with some of its roots in voluntary philanthropy and in grassroots organizing. However, responses to social needs had existed long before then, primarily from public almshouses, private charities and religious organizations. The effects of the Industrial Revolution and of the Great Depression of the 1930s placed pressure on social work to become a more defined discipline as social workers responded to the child welfare concerns related to widespread poverty and reliance on child labor in industrial settings.

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  1. social worker

    A social worker is a trained professional who assists individuals, families, and communities in improving their overall well-being and social functioning. Their work may involve helping people navigate through critical situations, connect with needed resources and services, cope with personal or societal issues, or advocate for social change. Social workers may specialize in various areas, such as mental health, child welfare, substance abuse, or healthcare. They can work in a variety of settings, such as hospitals, schools, government agencies, or non-profit organizations.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of social worker in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of social worker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of social worker in a Sentence

  1. Katie Hobbs:

    You can’t separate Latino culture from Arizona and who we are as a state, i thought a lot about people I worked with in my career as a social worker and the things I’ve learned particularly from Latina women I had a chance to work with at the domestic violence shelter.

  2. Dominique Williams:

    Everything is so different from the way it used to be. It seems like things are just getting more and more chaotic as the years go by, a lot of these kids do need help. ... Some of these kids do need that social worker because they can't talk to their parent. Or they can't talk to their friend. So they'll talk to that social worker because it's a separate entity away from what they got going on.

  3. Mary King:

    I ’m watching this as their social worker. I can not fathom what they themselves are feeling and what these little boys are feeling.

  4. Harris Faulkner:

    The road to get to this point, has never been just about my race, ethnicity, culture or any of the immutable or unchangeable demographics. The main ingredients are critically more powerful than that.I was born and raised on military bases across the US and even Stuttgart, Germany. I am the daughter of an amazing officer’s wife and kindergarten teacher and social worker whose family was a mix of Haitian and Native American. And I’m the daughter of a military combat pilot who came from the sticks of east Texas.My parents taught me that our skin color and hair texture will always identify us to people who choose only to see that. But, we must work hard to ensure our success reflects our individual gifts, diversity of thought and experience.

  5. Pasqualina Perrig-Chiello:

    But also the help of a social worker in case of precarious financial situations can be a help, since - as our results show - sufficient financial resources may help to relieve secondary stressors.


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