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, 73% of Social Worker job descriptions contained social worker as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

social worker
73%
qsw
37%
qualified social worker
37%
adults social worker
37%
childrens social worker
37%
surrey
19%
social work
19%
adults
19%
kent
19%
medway
19%
dudley
10%
locum
10%
west midlands
10%
surrey county council
10%
adult social care
10%
community support
10%
social care
10%
permanent
10%
senior practitioner
10%
link worker
10%
team manager
10%
social work assistant
10%
counselling
10%
social services
10%
work practices
10%
childrens
10%
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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.

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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