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social worker
social workn. Organized work intended to advance the social conditions of a community, and especially of the disadvantaged, by providing psychological counseling, guidance, and assistance, especially in the form of social services.
social worker n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  social worker - someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)caseworker, welfare workeralmoner, medical social worker - an official in a British hospital who looks after the social and material needs of the patientspublic servant - someone who holds a government position (either by election or appointment) |
Translationssocial worker → 社会福利工作者zhCNEncyclopediaSeesocial worksocial worker
social [so´shal] pertaining to societies or other groups of people.social anxiety disorder social phobia.social breakdown syndrome deterioration of social and interpersonal skills, work habits, and behavior seen in chronically hospitalized psychiatric patients. Symptoms are due to the effects of long term hospitalization rather than the primary illness, and include excessive passivity, assumption of the chronic sick role, withdrawal, and apathy. Such effects are also seen in long term inmates of prisons or concentration camps. Called also institutionalism.social worker a professional trained in the treatment of psychosocial problems of patients and their families. Family social workers practice social case work. Psychiatric social workers practice various forms of counseling and group or individual psychotherapy. Most social workers have a master's degree in social work (M.S.W.). There are also bachelor's (B.S.W.) and doctoral (D.S.W.) degrees in social work.
worker [wer´ker] an employed person.social worker a professional trained in the treatment of psychosocial problems of patients and their families; see also social worker.social worker A professional, usually with a bachelor's or master's degree in social work, who provides counsel, aid, and other services to persons with domestic issuesFinancialSeeworkerAcronymsSeesubwaysocial worker
Synonyms for social workernoun someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)SynonymsRelated Words- almoner
- medical social worker
- public servant
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