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, 53% of Social Worker job descriptions contained social work as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

social work
53%
childrens
43%
locum
43%
social worker
43%
adults
27%
social care
11%
waltham forest
6%
children
6%
families
6%
intake
6%
young people
6%
support work
6%
public sector
6%
senior practitioner
6%
surrey
6%
team manager
6%
assessment
6%
full time
6%
london
6%
qsw
6%
qualified social worker
6%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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