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social worker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
   • Mr. J. W. Martin of London, England, will deliver a series of lectures in St. Louls this week. Mr. Martin is a member of the famous Fabian Society of London, and an educator and social worker of note in his own country. 1899 March 5, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 50, number 202, St. Louis, Missouri, →OCLC, Mr. Martin of London Here: He Will Deliver a Series of Lectures on Social Subjects, page 24:
   • Professor Virchow, as chairman of the commemoration committee, opened the proceedings in a speech in which he recalled the services which Herr Schulze had rendered Germany as a social worker and as a politician. 1899 August 5, “Germany”, in The Times (Latest Intelligence section), number 35900, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
   • There canʼt have been many social workers at that troubled time who heard an expression of gratitude. 2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 274:
   • I had a visit from my social worker last week.
   • These are but a few instances of the benefits conferred by him as a social worker; but until these can be fully recorded, let us bear in mind as no small part of the debt we owe to the truly noble man[…] 1887 January 14, “To the Editor of 'The Times'”, in The Times (Letters section), number 31969, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:

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social work

Translations (27)

ml സാമൂഹിക പ്രവർത്തകൻ (person whose profession is social work) · sv socialassistent (person whose profession is social work) · ar أَخِصَّائِيّ اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (person whose profession is social work) · de Sozialarbeiter (person whose profession is social work) · fa مددکار (person whose profession is social work) · pl pracownik socjalny (person whose profession is social work) · fr travailleuse sociale (person whose profession is social work) · pt assistente social (person whose profession is social work) · tr sosyal çalışmacı (person whose profession is social work) · ja ソーシャルワーカー (person whose profession is social work) · ru социа́льная рабо́тница (person whose profession is social work) · it operatore social (person whose profession is social work) · es asistente social (person whose profession is social work) · fi sosiaalityöntekijä (person whose profession is social work) · fr travailleur social (person whose profession is social work) · ro asistent social (person whose profession is social work) · ko 사회복지사 (person whose profession is social work) · cmn 社工 (person whose profession is social work) · mn нийгмийн ажилтан (person whose profession is social work) · it assistente sociale (person whose profession is social work) · de Sozialarbeiterin (person whose profession is social work) · ca assistent social (person whose profession is social work) · cmn 社會工作者 /社会工作者 (person whose profession is social work) · cmn 社會福利工作者 /社会福利工作者 (person whose profession is social work) · sv socialarbetare (person whose profession is social work) · ru социа́льный рабо́тник (person whose profession is social work) · sv handläggare (person whose profession is social work)