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The '''Social Worker''' is an [[Non-playable character|NPC]] featured in ''[[The Sims (series)|''The Sims'' series]]'' who will take away a [[baby]], [[toddler]], [[child]], or [[childpet]] if their needs drop too low, or in later games, if there are no more older Sims remaining in the household (i.e. due to death). They also will come to deliver adopted kids to their new family.

In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', in addition to removing babies, toddlers, and children whose needs fall too low, the Social Worker will take any who are left home alone or are orphaned (i.e. the last adult Sim in the household dies), as well as children who are getting an F in [[School#The Sims 2|school]]. If ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons]]'' is installed, the Social Worker will also come if a toddler or child becomes too cold or too hot. NoteUnlike that''The whenSims'', aif babythe orsocial toddlerworker gets takentakes away a child, all babiesother orchildren toddlersyounger inthan the household[[teen]] will also be takenremoved away,from butthe not necessarily childrenhouse.

==The Sims 3 and The Sims 3 for Console==

In ''The Sims 3'', as in ''The Sims 2'', social workers will take away all children or younger if just one ofis them isbeing neglected. Unlike in ''The Sims 2'', social workers will come shortly after the adoption request was made. Also unlike previous games of the series where social workers were always female, social workers in ''The Sims 3'' can be either male or female.

In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', as in ''The Sims'', children (but not babies and toddlers) can be left home alone. ''The Sims 3'' requires players to call a babysitter or stay home when a Sim is about to leave babies and toddlers home alone; if the player makes all the Teenteen or older Sims go past the edge of the home lot without the baby/toddler, they will be required to either go home or call a babysitter. If a baby or toddler is left home alone with a child, a babysitter must still be called. This is probably because the child is not capable of holding the baby/toddler, feeding it, changing its diaper, etc. However, there are still ways of leaving a baby or toddler at home completely alone. Leave one teen (or adult) at home and make them leave the house by either switching their household (via Edit Town) or make them leave the household via a [[Minerminer]] hole.

While a human and [[Vampires|Vampirevampire]] (and [[Ghostghost]]s of these two lifestates) Childchild can be taken away from a family by the Socialsocial Workerworker, [[SimBot]]s and [[Mummy|Mummiesmummies]] are fully exempt from this rule. However, just as in ''[[The Sims 2]]'' and ''[[The Sims Stories]]'', the Grim Reaper will come in the Socialsocial Workerworker's place to take away a Childchild of ''any ''lifestate life state, should they expire.<ref>The Grim Reaper will not take away a child if they have the [[Unlucky]] trait</ref>[[File:Social Worker Message.png|thumb|279px|Social Worker's message in ''The Sims 3'' saying he/she will take away children. This is displayed if the player has a Teen, Young Adult, Adult or Elder in the household.]]

Unlike when the Grim Reaper takes away a Sim, when the Socialsocial Workerworker takes away a Childchild, items are not transferred to another Sim. This can be a problem if the child has rare items such as the Moodlet Manager. If the Socialsocial Workerworker takes away a child when the player does not have a Teenteen, Youngyoung Adultadult, Adultadult or Elderelder, a message will appear and be returned to ''"Welcome to The Sims 3!''".

Social Workersworkers can be added to the Householdhousehold using <code>testingcheatsenabled</code> (Must have less than 8 Sims or this won't work). They will usually be Youngyoung Adultsadults or Adultadults and range from 1 to 5 traits. The player can split them from the household and save them to the library where they will behave as normal Sims.

In Windows and Mac OS XmacOS, if the player tries to save the game when the Socialsocial Workerworker is present in the case shethey isare taking children away, the game will display a message prior to saving.

There is a glitch that is fixed. If youthe haveplayer has 2 children die of drowning at the same time, one will be taken away by the social worker (as a ghost) and the other will be taken away by grim reaper.

===PremadePre-made Socialsocial Workersworkers===

Casper Santos.png|[[Casper Santos]] (Sunset valleyValley)

Bessie Biller.jpgpng|[[Bessie Biller]] (Riverview)

Lana Rodriguez.jpgpng|[[Lana Rodriguez]] (Riverview)

Carl Strummer.jpgpng|[[Carl Strummer]] (Riverview)

Mark Wagner.jpgpng|[[Mark Wagner]] (Riverview)

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