SOCIAL WORKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does social worker mean? 

• SOCIAL WORKER (noun)
  The noun SOCIAL WORKER has 1 sense:

1. someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)

  Familiarity information: SOCIAL WORKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOCIAL WORKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

caseworker; social worker; welfare worker

Hypernyms ("social worker" is a kind of...):

public servant (someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "social worker"):

almoner; medical social worker (an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patients)

 Context examples 

The Cancer Clinical Trials Education Program provides training to nurses and social workers to educate patients and their families about clinical trials.

(Cancer Clinical Trials Education Program, NCI Thesaurus)

A social worker trained in psychotherapy who helps individuals deal with a variety of mental health and daily living problems to improve overall functioning.

(Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NCI Thesaurus)

Caregivers may be health professionals, family members, friends, social workers, or members of the clergy.

(Caregiver, NCI Dictionary)

You can also discuss concerns about paying your medical bills with your health care provider, social worker or the business office of your clinic or hospital.

(Financial Assistance, NIH)

A doctoral degree for experienced social work practitioners in advanced practice, research and/or policy analysis (although some DSW recipients are not social workers).

(Doctor of Social Work, NCI Thesaurus)

Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients, etc.

(Caregiver, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A social worker usually has a master's degree in social work and has studied sociology, growth and development, mental health theory and practice, human behavior/social environment, psychology, and research methods, and is licensed to practice by a state authority.

(Licensed Clinical Social Worker, NCI Thesaurus)