How to Use social work in a Sentence

social work

noun
Definition of social worknext
  • He has a job in social work.
  • She is doing social work.
  • Bones and Hobbs have been longtime friends and met about 20 years ago while both were in the field of social work.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
  • In the 1980s) we (in social work and health care) were the only ones who were talking about not doing it.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity, 9 June 2018
  • The key may be a new school of social workDecades of job placement haven't stopped the bullets, Boyle concedes.
    — John Schmid, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 June 2018
  • In the past, the district would have worked with the student through social work or counseling.
    — Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 24 May 2018
  • Noelle is in social work but has also had a love of the outdoors her entire life.
    — Cathy Jakicic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2022
  • The social work school posted Raab’s statement on its own site as well.
    — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • It’s often a sense of what the music tells us about the time, almost music as social work.
    — John Timpane, Philly.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • After college, Brown got a job in social work, and cooking became a way to get through the mental strains of the job.
    — Priya Krishna, Southern Living, 17 June 2020
  • Their mother has a master’s degree and is in social work.
    — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Our dean of social work and dean of business were speaking to local employers and that seemed to be where the most needs were right now.
    — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Faculty and staff published the first three iTunes U courses in social work in the nation.
    — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Boyles, who has a PhD in social work, not only owned guns but also kept one in his office, in a safe not far from the couch where Karns sat.
    — Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2020
  • She is almost done with her master’s in social work, and has interned as a counselor.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2020
  • At the time of the pregnancy, Monroe-Lynch was a 34-year-old woman with a master’s degree in social work.
    — Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2023
  • His aunt enrolled with him, earning a degree in social work.
    — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Yolandria Baynes was in college studying social work when her first child was born.
    — Nancy Guan, ajc, 13 Mar. 2022
  • That means having anchor days in which everyone comes into the office to make the most out of social work.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 12 Feb. 2023
  • His father once worked in the local tax bureau while his mother did social work.
    — James T. Areddy, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • Addams was a leader in the history of social work, women’s suffrage and the rights of minorities and the poor.
    — Ashley MacKin-Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2024
  • Kira went on to earn a master’s in social work and take a county job working with children.
    — Daily Pilot, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The irony of his eventual decision to quit and go back to school to study social work isn’t lost on readers either.
    — Alexis Burling, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Hernandez is now in school learning German and has plans to study social work.
    — Andrea Castillostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • One girl wants to be a chef before turning her attention to a degree in social work.
    — Freep.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • For nearly 30 years, this facility has played a vital part in the city’s social work.
    — Katrine Jo Andersen, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
  • DeEbony Groves, 21, majored in social work and was among the four young people killed after a gunman opened fire at the restaurant April 22.
    — Peter Martinez, CBS News, 6 May 2018
  • But those days of social work have stayed with her and inspired her decision to partner with Rao’s Homemade.
    — Essence, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Her degree from Northwestern was fake; the school doesn’t offer a master’s in social work.
    — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
  • She felt called to help others struggling with addiction and, with donations from her fellow church members, started pursuing a master’s degree in social work.
    — Stephen Simpson, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024

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