Meaning of social worker | Babel Free

Definitions

A person, usually employed by the state, that supports the welfare of individuals or groups, especially those that are socially disadvantaged.

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Examples

“I had a visit from my social worker last week.”

“These are but a few instances of the benefits conferred by him as a social worker; but until these can be fully recorded, let us bear in mind as no small part of the debt we owe to the truly noble man[…]”

“Mr. J. W. Martin of London, England, will deliver a series of lectures in St. Louls this week. Mr. Martin is a member of the famous Fabian Society of London, and an educator and social worker of note in his own country.”

“Professor Virchow, as chairman of the commemoration committee, opened the proceedings in a speech in which he recalled the services which Herr Schulze had rendered Germany as a social worker and as a politician.”

“There canʼt have been many social workers at that troubled time who heard an expression of gratitude.”

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