making lots of money out of people's misery. part of the burgeoning 'new professions class' of the late 20thC and usually a socialist, liberal or worse. social workers took over where the church left off. may know the difference between right and wrong but doesn't see why it should apply to them. a secular priest, monk or nun who enforces politically acceptable thought and behaviour on the hapless, helpless and hopeless. talks complete psychobabble with no scientific foundation whatsoever. often pilloried for taking children into care or leaving them to die; whichever the press find most distressing at the time. almost always an insecure individual who should be having therapy not giving it.MALE of type tries to compensate for the low social status by talking complete bollocks at the pub.FEMALE, usually a cat owner, likely to be crazy as a coot and in medieval times would have been burned as a witch.SW MANAGER has generally failed even at this low level and so exacerbates the public's woes with incompetence in leadership.most SWs try to avoid mentioning it at parties or face the prospect of further rejection. secretly support the British National Party.