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פקידת הסעד

English translation: Welfare officer

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Hebrew term or phrase:פקידת הסעד
English translation:Welfare officer
Entered by: Debbie Nevo

10:27 Nov 20, 2012
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / welfare
Hebrew term or phrase: פקידת הסעד
Social worker in the local authority.
Social worker? Welfare officer?
Debbie Nevo
Local time: 14:05
Welfare officer
Explanation:
The Hebrew term refers to a social worker who has special authority to make decisions about taking children into govt custody - usually separating them from their families. I'm not sure if the term welfare officer has the exact same implication.
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Chaya Cohen
Israel
Local time: 14:05
Grading comment
Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4Welfare officer
Chaya Cohen
4case worker
moshiachnow
3Social worker
Lingopro


Discussion entries: 4





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Welfare officer


Explanation:
The Hebrew term refers to a social worker who has special authority to make decisions about taking children into govt custody - usually separating them from their families. I'm not sure if the term welfare officer has the exact same implication.

Chaya Cohen
Israel
Local time: 14:05
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you
Notes to answerer
Asker: I asked the author which term she preferred and she picked welare officer as being most in keeping with the tone of the article.

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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
case worker


Explanation:
I think this fits and flows better than the other two suggestions.


    Reference: http://www.wordnik.com/words/caseworker
moshiachnow
Israel
Local time: 14:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you.

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Social worker


Explanation:
It may help if you have more context to give.

At the end of 2010 the title of פקיד סעד לחוק הנוער was changed to
עובד סוציאלי לחוק הנוער (see the link), so it can be reckoned that
פקיד סעד is a social worker.





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Note added at 21 hrs (2012-11-21 07:34:30 GMT)
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Following your comment in the discussion area, I suggest Children's social worker.
See here:
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/questions/working_wi...


    Reference: http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%91%D7%93_%D7%A1...
Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 14:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 11
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