Definitions for social worker
so·cial work·er

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1. social worker, caseworker, welfare workernoun

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

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1. social workernoun

   A person whose profession is social work.

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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. 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.

2. Michel Foucault:

   The judges of normality are present everywhere. We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the educator-judge, the social worker -judge.

3. 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.

4. Nicholas Alahverdian:

   It’s a mistake to try to look at what DCYF is going to look like ten years from now. For DCYF to be improved, it has to start today, it has to start with the social worker, it has to start at the initial steps, where there is pride at the agency as opposed to the overburdened social workers that we see today.

5. Jeffrey Engel:

   FDR did have a right-hand do-it-all hard-jobs man : Harry Hopkins. But Harry Hopkins was a social worker by training, so Harry Hopkins would fit the bill, of a' fixer' if you will, but he was no lawyer.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=social worker
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Social_Worker
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Worker
4. ^ ChatGPT
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