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, 85% of Social Worker job descriptions contained social work as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

social work
85%
social worker
77%
social care
74%
adult social care
62%
adult social worker
54%
adults social worker
39%
senior social worker
39%
health and social care
35%
adult social work
27%
children's services
27%
children's social work
27%
safeguarding
27%
children's social care
24%
youth
24%
children's social worker
24%
looked after children
20%
children with disabilities
20%
care
20%
surrey
16%
local government
16%
care and support
12%
autism
12%
learning disabilities
12%
learning disability
12%
transitions
12%
public sector
12%
public sector jobs
12%
hospital social worker
8%
hospital
8%
working with adults
8%
asc
8%
qualified social worker
4%
transition team
4%
guildford
4%
weybridge
4%
assistant team manager
4%
west
4%
surrey heath
4%
camberley
4%
youth services
4%
young people
4%
working with young people
4%
local gov
4%
fostering social worker
4%
court proceedings
4%
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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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