Social Work

I Read the Text.

Social workers are people trained to do social work that is to help people in the
community with special needs. This profession is not easy at all as social workers
deal with people from different layers of the society and take care of them. They
render social support and protection to people with low income, unemployed,
invalids and disabled people, veterans of wars and labor, orphaned and abused
children and others.

As social workers constantly deal with people, they are supposed to have sound
knowledge of laws and social sciences and to have a Bachelor’s Degree in Social
work.

Social workers must be qualified, highly professional specialists, attentive to their

clients. They work in different spheres of social establishments: social services,
social centers, private agencies, child protection services, hospitals, schools.

They usually work 40 hours per week, but in some services work at nights and
weekends is possible. D

As social workers constantly deal with people they are supposed to have sound
knowledge of laws and social sciences and to have a Bachelor’s degree in social
work. They should be kind, attentive, polite, good- natured, communicative and
patient as it is a great responsibility to understand people and help them.

As a rule social workers are proud of their profession. They are deeply respected in
the society.
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Job Place of Responsibilities Working Demands Dress

work hours code
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II Finish the Sentences:

Social workers deal with ...

Social workers render social support to ...

Social workers are deeply respected, so they should be …

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Job Place of Responsibilities Working Demands Dress
work hours code
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worker. services, need: elderly and per week, degree in Social casual.
private disabled people, In some work,
agencies, unemployed, services should be kind,
child people with low work at attentive, polite,
protection income, veterans nights and good- natured,
services, of wars and labor, weekends is communicative
hospitals, orphaned and possible. and patient.
colleges, abused children.
schools.

II Finish the Sentences:

Social workers deal with people from different layers of the society.

Social workers render social support to people with low income, unemployed,
invalids and disabled people, veterans of wars and labor, orphaned and abused
children and others.

Social workers are deeply respected, so they should be kind, attentive, polite,
good- natured, communicative and patient.