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, 52% of Social Worker job descriptions contained qualified social worker as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

qualified social worker
52%
social care
40%
social work
39%
social worker
24%
public sector
19%
children's social worker
15%
adult social care
14%
children's social care
14%
health and social care
13%
children's social work
12%
child care
12%
child protection
12%
social services
11%
local authority
11%
senior social worker
10%
adults social worker
9%
local government
9%
public sector jobs
6%
surrey
6%
adult social work
6%
adult social worker
5%
adults
5%
adoption
4%
family support
4%
children's services
4%
transitions
4%
permanency
4%
working with adults
3%
care and support
3%
care
3%
adults social care
2%
flexible
2%
hybrid working
2%
transition
2%
adult care
1%
fostering
1%
degrees
1%
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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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