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, 61% of Social Worker job descriptions contained qualified social worker as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

qualified social worker
61%
social care
31%
social work
31%
social worker
15%
child protection
13%
child care
13%
public sector
12%
adult social care
11%
senior social worker
9%
children's social worker
8%
children's social work
7%
children's social care
7%
health and social care
7%
local government
7%
adult social work
6%
adults social worker
5%
social services
5%
local authority
5%
surrey
4%
adults
4%
public sector jobs
4%
adoption
3%
family support
3%
adult social worker
2%
transitions
2%
transition
2%
permanency
2%
children's services
2%
working with adults
2%
care and support
2%
care
2%
adult care
1%
fostering
1%
degrees
1%
flexible
1%
adults social care
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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