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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hernandez is now in school learning German and has plans to study social work.
    — Andrea Castillostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • One of the great joys of remote work is removing the pressure to attend social work events that many never wanted to attend in the first place.
    — Chase Warrington, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • In addition, she’s returned to school to finish a degree in social work.
    — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Aldi now works in a social work role at a homeless shelter and hopes to become a family lawyer.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2022
  • My interest in people’s lives has a lot to do with my former career: social work.
    — Dorothy Dworkin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Starting two weeks ago, Fair said, the school began using its two social workers and a social work intern in a new way.
    — Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Today, the 44-year-old has degrees in nursing and social work, and a successful career.
    — Andrew Brinker, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • In a nod to Addams’ social work, the hotel donates a portion of its revenue to the Jackson Chance Foundation.
    — Brian E. Clark, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The world of social work, with its complexities and challenges, beckoned Shara.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • They’ll be required to seek education and carry out some form of social work.
    — Megan Janetsky, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2023
  • At the end of last week, a Columbia social work graduate in zip ties and a keffiyeh ripped their diploma folder on stage.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
  • The lead plaintiff, Latisha Watson, is a master’s of social work student who lives off campus and doesn’t own a car, according to the complaint.
    — Nina Agrawal, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2020
  • But the Michigan native is still the first in his family to go directly into social work.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Austin Urlaub, 23, Michigan Finishing his master's in social work amid booming demand from people seeking addiction treatment.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024

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