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Definition of Social worker

1. Noun. Someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged).

Definition of Social worker

1. Noun. A person whose profession is social work. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Social worker

1. An individual, usually with a university degree in social work, who provides counsel and aid to individuals with emotional and family problems. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Worker

Literary usage of Social worker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"SPECIAL PREPARATION OF THE PSYCHIATRIC social worker Bernard Glueck, MDf Mental Hygiene Department, New York^ School of Social Work; Associate in Neurology, ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1921)
"C. THE social worker IN A SOUND SOCIAL HYGIENE PROGRAM Valeria H. Parker, MD, Chairman, Social Hygiene Committee, League of Women Voters, ..."

3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association (1921)
"In industry, the function of the personnel worker is essentially the function « social worker. His aim is to keep the employee adjusted to his work. ..."

4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE FOREIGN BORN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE HOSPITAL SOCIAL WORKER M. Antoinette Cannon, Executive Secretary, American Association of ..."

5. Jewish Philanthropy: An Exposition of Principles and Methods of Jewish by Boris David Bogen (1917)
"This fear on the part of the social worker makes him very sensitive to the ... J. DIFFICULTIES OF A social worker The relations that a social worker ..."

6. Report of the Committee on Inquiry Into the Departments of Health, Charities by New York (N.Y.). Board of estimate and apportionment. Committee on inquiry into the Departments of health, charities, and Bellevue and allied hospitals, George McAneny, Henry Collier Wright (1913)
"To the social worker, on the other hand, the successful completion of the medical ... By some it is held that this function of the social worker can be ..."

7. Social Work in Hospitals: A Contribution to Progressive Medicine by Ida Maud Cannon (1913)
"See also Hospital social worker, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 43, 57 Southard, Dr. EE, 84, 85 Spiritual welfare of the sick, 5, ..."

8. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1919)
"If a trained social worker with psychological background could act as visiting teacher for the special or ungraded classes, keeping in touch with both child ..."

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