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A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I had a visit from my social worker last week.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: caseworker, welfare worker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: public servant
Narrower terms: almoner, medical social worker
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَخِصَّائِيّ اِجْتِمَاعِيّ
(ʔaḵiṣṣāʔiyy ijtimāʕiyy)
— person whose profession is social work
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Catalan:
assistent social
— person whose profession is social work
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會福利工作者 /社会福利工作者
(shèhuì fúlì gōngzuòzhě)
— person whose profession is social work
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Chinese Mandarin:
社會工作者 /社会工作者
(shèhuì gōngzuòzhě)
— person whose profession is social work
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Chinese Mandarin:
社工
(shègōng)
— person whose profession is social work
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Finnish:
sosiaalityöntekijä
— person whose profession is social work
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French:
travailleur social
— person whose profession is social work
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French:
travailleuse sociale
— person whose profession is social work
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German:
Sozialarbeiter
— person whose profession is social work
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German:
Sozialarbeiterin
— person whose profession is social work
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Italian:
assistente sociale
— person whose profession is social work
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Italian:
operatore social
— person whose profession is social work
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Japanese:
ソーシャルワーカー
(sōsharuwākā)
— person whose profession is social work
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Korean:
사회복지사
(sahoebokjisa)
— person whose profession is social work
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Malayalam:
സാമൂഹിക പ്രവർത്തകൻ
(sāmūhika pravaṟttakaṉ)
— person whose profession is social work
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Mongolian:
нийгмийн ажилтан
(niigmiin ažiltan)
— person whose profession is social work
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Persian:
مددکار
(madadkâr)
— person whose profession is social work
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Polish:
pracownik socjalny
— person whose profession is social work
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Portuguese:
assistente social
— person whose profession is social work
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Romanian:
asistent social
— person whose profession is social work
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Russian:
социа́льный рабо́тник
(sociálʹnyj rabótnik)
— person whose profession is social work
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Russian:
социа́льная рабо́тница
(sociálʹnaja rabótnica)
— person whose profession is social work
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Spanish:
asistente social
— person whose profession is social work
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Swedish:
handläggare
— person whose profession is social work
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Swedish:
socialarbetare
— person whose profession is social work
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Swedish:
socialassistent
— person whose profession is social work
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Turkish:
sosyal çalışmacı
— person whose profession is social work
