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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

qualified social worker
67%
social work
25%
social care
25%
child protection
14%
child care
14%
social worker
9%
adult social care
8%
senior social worker
7%
public sector
7%
local government
6%
adults social worker
5%
adults
4%
public sector jobs
3%
surrey
3%
health and social care
3%
children's social work
3%
children's social worker
3%
adoption
2%
working with adults
2%
children's social care
2%
care and support
2%
care
2%
adult social work
2%
family support
2%
adult social worker
2%
fostering
1%
degrees
1%
adult care
1%
local authority
1%
social services
1%
children's services
1%
permanency
1%
adults social care
1%
flexible
1%
hybrid working
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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