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, 91% of Social Worker job descriptions contained social care as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

social care
91%
social work
88%
social worker
77%
public sector
51%
children's social care
48%
children's social worker
48%
health and social care
47%
children's social work
43%
adult social care
42%
local authority
35%
social services
35%
adults social worker
31%
adult social worker
26%
senior social worker
23%
local government
16%
surrey
15%
adult social work
15%
public sector jobs
13%
children's services
12%
transitions
10%
adults
8%
adoption
7%
family support
7%
permanency
7%
children with disabilities
7%
transition team
7%
care
7%
safeguarding
5%
looked after children
5%
youth
5%
care and support
5%
transition
5%
flexible
4%
working with adults
4%
qualified social worker
4%
adults social care
4%
hybrid working
4%
surrey county council
2%
young people
2%
newly qualified social worker
2%
mental health
2%
asye
2%
asc
2%
hospital
2%
adult carers
2%
adult services
2%
wellbeing
2%
children looked after
2%
children in need
2%
child protection
2%
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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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