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PRONUNCIATION OF KEY WORKER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KEY WORKER

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Key worker is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KEY WORKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Key worker

A key worker is a public sector employee who is considered to provide an essential service. The term is often used in the United Kingdom in the context of those essential workers who may find it difficult to buy property in the area where they work. In particular, it has become more prominent as escalating house prices result in a gap between household income and the cost of housing. Many local authorities and other public sector bodies face major problems recruiting and retaining their workers in terms of housing. The response to these concerns has been the development of initiatives designed to house key workers, including low-cost loans and shared ownership schemes. Those defined as key workers generally include: ▪ Clinical National Health Service staff ▪ Teachers and nursery nurses ▪ Police officers, Community Support Officers and some civilian police staff ▪ Prison officers and some other Prison staff ▪ Probation Service staff ▪ Social workers, educational...

Definition of key worker in the English dictionary

The definition of key worker in the dictionary is a social worker, mental health worker, or nursery nurse assigned to an individual case, patient, or child. Other definition of key worker is a worker in any of a number of public sector professions considered by the government to be essential to society, for example teachers, police officers, NHS health workers etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KEY WORKER

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key money
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key ring
key signature
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key-punch
keyboard
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WORDS THAT END LIKE KEY WORKER

aid worker
care-worker
co-worker
community worker
construction worker
dock-worker
factory worker
field worker
health care worker
knowledge worker
medical social worker
networker
New Yorker
office worker
Parker
social worker
steelworker
white-collar worker
woodworker
worker
yorker

Synonyms and antonyms of key worker in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «key worker» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KEY WORKER

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The translations of key worker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «key worker» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

关键员工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trabajador clave
570 millions of speakers

English

key worker
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मुख्य कार्यकर्ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عامل رئيسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ключ работник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trabalhador chave
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মূল কর্মী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travailleur touche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pekerja utama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlüsselkraft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キーワーカー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

키 작업자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Buruh kunci
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhân viên chủ chốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கிய தொழிலாளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रमुख कार्यकर्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Anahtar işçi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lavoratore chiave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pracownik klucz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ключ працівник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lucrător cheie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλειδί εργαζόμενος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sleutel werker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nyckel arbetare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nøkkelen arbeidstaker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of key worker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KEY WORKER»

The term «key worker» is regularly used and occupies the 91.677 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about key worker

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KEY WORKER»

Discover the use of key worker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to key worker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Child Care and Education Level 3
The importance of the key worker system in a variety of settings One of the most important ways in which you can work effectively with babies and their families is to provide a robust key worker system. A key worker is someone who has a ...
Penny Tassoni, 2007
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Babies and Young Children: Diploma in Child Care and Education
Key worker works with, and is concerned with the care and assessment of. particular children /t is in the context and tradition of attachment theory and also within the tight regulatory framework of the Children Act 1989, that advice on day care ...
Jo Brewster, Pauline Jones, 2001
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A Practical Guide to Working with Parents
Unlike other books, this guide offers a comprehensive yet truly practical approach to all aspects of working with parents and is a valuable addition to the best-selling Practical Guide series.
Christine Hobart, Jill Frankel, Jill Rose Frankel, 2003
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Learning Disabilities: Toward Inclusion
The term 'key worker' or 'link worker' is not a new concept in the field of learning disabilities. As far back as 1978 the Warnock Report proposed the concept of a child having a 'link' or 'named' person. Over the last three decades this concept ...
Bob Gates, Helen Atherton, 2007
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Supporting Special Needs: Understanding Inclusion in the ...
Developing a key worker system Relationships are the starting point for working effectively with children. Many children will need one person in particular in whom they can trust and rely. This is particularly true of children who are very young, ...
Penny Tassoni, 2003
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How to House Key Workers in London: Between a Rock and a ...
This will comprise new homes including key worker. homes for affordable rent, new homes for intermediate market rent. equity transfer and low-cost home ownership for key workers and homes 5x3 storey houses for student accommodation or ...
Alastair Stewart, 2003
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Essential Mental Health Nursing Skills
Key worker system The key worker system is similar to the care programme approach, in that each patient has an identified key worker, who in this case is a nurse. The key worker role is similar to the role of the care co-ordinator under the CPA ...
Madeline O'Carroll, Alistair Robert James Park, 2007
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Btec National Early Years Student Book -Revised Edition for ...
The role of the key worker Following the introduction of the Early Years Curriculum, the concept of key workers is now firmly established within early years care and education settings. However, settings that provide for children's care have ...
Penny Tassoni, 2006
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Interprofessional Collaboration: From Policy to Practice in ...
interpretation of the key-worker role, created miscommunication, missed communication and professional defensiveness. As suggested above, part of the CPA was the development of a care plan based on three levels of mental ill health ...
Audrey Leathard, 2004
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Diploma in Child Care and Education
Key-worker. systems. Research carried out (Robertson & Robertson, 1971) has shown that when children are separated from their primary carers, they need to build an attachment to someone else. As a result, many early years settings have  ...
Penny Tassoni, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KEY WORKER»

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Taskforce report: achieving world-class cancer outcomes - Cancer …
Secondly, we should systematise patients having access to a Clinical Nurse Specialist or other key worker to help co-ordinate their care. Thirdly ... «Cancer Research UK, Jul 15»
2
Managing Mega Meltdowns: The Pre-Nursery Tantrum
She then had to be pried off me by her lovely key worker as she reached out crying. This left a lump in my throat for over an hour despite ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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New homes for key workers could be 'affordable' at last
Accommodation for key workers is not counted as “affordable” by the local authority, meaning developers wanting to build key worker homes ... «Oxford Mail, Jul 15»
4
Do I qualify for affordable housing?
Eligibility will be considered individually, but generally there are requirements about income levels and being employed in a key worker ... «Homes and Property, Jul 15»
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'Without it, I would have given up': three women on how Kids …
I got a Kids Company key worker, who I saw every week or couple of weeks. ... I'm not sure how things would have gone if my key worker hadn't ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Stronger Families programme helps young mum take charge of her life
Key worker Michelle said Misha had grasped the opportunity to do something to help herself. “It was overwhelmingly brilliant seeing this woman who was in a ... «Malvern Gazette, Jul 15»
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Viewpoint: New report identifies welfare system that seeks to punish …
... less employment, less access to housing means people's mental health is just falling apart," said Sian, a key worker at Caritas Anchor House. «Independent Catholic News, Jul 15»
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Judge agrees Carlisle mum's request to lift son's restraining order
She said her son now had a key worker to help him but he sometimes overdosed on his medication so she would prefer it if she could monitor ... «News & Star, Jul 15»
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Hafod Care in Penarth has visit from Eluned Parrott AM
The tenants are expected to fully participate in the activities agreed in their support plan and weekly support sessions with their key worker. Irene Watkins ... «Penarth Times, Jul 15»
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Family fun activities
... Northamptonshire and North London and provides general needs rented property, affordable homes to buy, key worker housing, supported ... «Leighton Buzzard Today, Jul 15»

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