Social Worker Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Social Care

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Social Worker Skills List in Social Care

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Social Worker role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Social Worker job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 94% of Social Worker job descriptions contained social work as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

social work
94%
social care
89%
social worker
82%
adult social care
46%
health and social care
46%
safeguarding
46%
youth
46%
children with disabilities
44%
children's services
44%
children's social care
44%
children's social work
44%
children's social worker
44%
looked after children
44%
adult social worker
41%
adults social worker
37%
senior social worker
23%
local government
12%
public sector
12%
public sector jobs
12%
surrey
12%
transitions
10%
adult social work
10%
hospital
7%
fostering
3%
court proceedings
3%
asc
3%
young adults
3%
childrens social care
3%
advanced social worker
3%
weybridge
3%
care
3%
hybrid working
3%
foster care
3%
childrens
3%
cfl
3%
flexible
3%
children
3%
mental health
3%
surrey heath
3%
frimley
3%
camberley
3%
qualified social worker
3%
transition team
3%
hospital social worker
3%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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