Social Worker Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Health & Medicine

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Social Worker Skills List in Health & Medicine

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, 67% of Social Worker job descriptions contained social care as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

social care
67%
elderly
34%
physiotherapist
34%
physiotherapy
34%
therapy
34%
social worker
34%
dementia
34%
group activities
34%
mental health
34%
older adults
34%
safeguarding
34%
social work
34%

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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