How to Use social work in a Sentence

social work

noun
  • He has a job in social work.
  • She is doing social work.
  • 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
  • Sanchez recently quit her job in social work to switch to full time content.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025
  • The social work school posted Raab’s statement on its own site as well.
    — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • His father once worked in the local tax bureau while his mother did social work.
    — James T. Areddy, WSJ, 23 June 2021
  • That's why many health systems offer social work support.
    — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • For example, one study likes the odds for social work staying on the human side.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Gomez herself is going to graduate school in the fall for social work.
    — Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 13 May 2026
  • Yolandria Baynes was in college studying social work when her first child was born.
    — Nancy Guan, ajc, 13 Mar. 2022
  • In the past, the district would have worked with the student through social work or counseling.
    — Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 24 May 2018
  • One girl wants to be a chef before turning her attention to a degree in social work.
    — Freep.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Kira went on to earn a master’s in social work and take a county job working with children.
    — Daily Pilot, 12 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Hernandez is now in school learning German and has plans to study social work.
    — Andrea Castillostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • With a master's degree in social work, she was used to being the one helping others.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hicks is now pursuing a master’s of social work degree at KU.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Why are two social work professors only thinking in terms of behaviors?
    — Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Many students are studying for a career in social work, to combat the ravages of drugs, or hoping to secure a job at the lab.
    — Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Binti in its first foray into government social work.
    — Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The creation of improv and of The Second City is rooted in social work.
    — Claudia Lauder, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025

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