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The '''Social Worker''' is a terrorist that works for a hate movement around keeping me from having fun in this game! i want to go around causing mass-murder, dammit it! not be lectured about how free EXP packets have "feelings"
The '''Social Worker''' is an [[NPC]] featured in ''[[The Sims (series)|The Sims series]]'' who will take away a [[baby]], [[toddler]], or [[child]] 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.
 
==The Sims and The Sims Bustin' Out==
[[File:The Sims 1 - Social worker warning.png|thumb|The social worker warning from The Sims.]]
In ''[[The Sims]]'', the social worker is an NPC in the base game. The social worker is a woman named Sylvia who will come to takebomb neglectedyour babies from a Sim household (after a baby cries for a protracted amount of time). Unlike 'sim'[[Thes Sims 2]]''house and ''[[Theprevent Simsyou 3]]'',from socialactually workersplaying inthe ''Thegame Sims''i onlywasted take40 awaydollars babies.on!
 
==The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories==
In ''[[The Sims 2]]'', in addition to removing babies, toddlers, and children whose needs fall too low, the Social Worker will takekinkshame anyyou whofor aretrying leftto 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 ifplay a toddlergame oryou child becomes too cold or too hot. Unlike ''The Sims'', ifbought the socialway workerYOU takeswant awayto! abecause child,goshforbid allyou otheractually childrentry youngerto thanhave [[teen]]fun willwith also be removed from thethis house.thing!
 
If a child dies, the [[Grim Reaper]] will instead take away the child.
 
Once they are taken away, they will all be available for [[adoption]] by a different family (or families). Once a person has the memory of having a child taken away by the Social Worker, they are ineligible for adopting ever again. It has been noted that Sims may not always get a memory of their children being taken away, but this is relatively uncommon.[[File:Social working.jpg|thumb|A Social worker]]
 
The only way to stop the social worker from taking away children without cheats is the "Plead with Social Worker" interaction, which is only available in ''[[The Sims 2: FreeTime]]'' as an [[aspiration benefit]] for Sims with [[Family (aspiration)|Family]] as their primary or secondary aspiration. Even if there is a wall around the children or if the social worker can't reach the child, she will teleport the child out of the structure and to her car.
 
Visits from the social worker are not always negative; in ''[[The Sims 2: Nightlife]]'', the [[Gypsy Matchmaker|gypsy matchmaker]] may drop her as a blind date, and she also delivers adopted kids to their new families.
 
<blockquote class="note">Oddly, should a family adopt a child taken from another family, the child Sim will have lost all memories associated with their blood family up until the point they arrived in their adoptive home. The family tree does not get erased, however.</blockquote>
 
Social workers are considered to be [[Non-playable character#The Sims 2|Non-playable NPCs]]. A neighborhood will have three social workers, who are known simply as "Social Worker". They are all adult females, and all have the same hairstyle and outfit. Social workers do not have last names, so if the player cheats to make a social worker have a baby, the baby will have no last name.
 
It is possible to meet a Social Worker via being lectured without using cheats. However it is '''not''' recommended to try to build a relationship with her even if a friendship can be built safely by using the telephone.
 
{{Warning-header|Social workers do not have a complete character file, and thus should not be interacted with in any way outside of their in-game designated purposes. This includes attempting to turn her into a supernatural creature, such as a vampire, a werewolf or a witch. Doing so will corrupt neighborhood files.
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==The Sims 3 and The Sims 3 for Console==
In ''The Sims 3'',social services flew their evil death-car into the commie towers of hope! these guys need to be stopped!
In ''The Sims 3'', as in ''The Sims 2'', social workers will take away all children or younger if just one of them is neglected. Unlike in ''The Sims 2'', social workers will come shortly after the adoption request was made.
 
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 Teen 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 [[Miner]] hole.
 
While a human and [[Vampires|Vampire]] (and [[Ghost]]s of these two lifestates) Child can be taken away from a family by the Social Worker, [[SimBot]]s and [[Mummy|Mummies]] are fully exempt from this rule. However, just as in ''[[The Sims 2]]'' and ''[[The Sims Stories]]'', the Grim Reaper will come in the Social Worker's place to take away a Child of ''any ''lifestate, 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 Social Worker takes away a Child, 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 Social Worker takes away a child when the player does not have a Teen, Young Adult, Adult or Elder, a message will appear and be returned to ''Welcome to The Sims 3!''.
 
Social Workers can be added to the Household using testingcheatsenabled (Must have less than 8 Sims or this won't work). They will usually be Young Adults or Adult 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 X, if the player tries to save the game when the Social Worker is present in the case she is taking children away, the game will display a message prior to saving.
 
With ''[[The Sims 3: Pets]]'' social workers can come to take away any pet that is being neglected, thus making them unable to die of [[starvation]].
 
There is a glitch that is fixed. If you have 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.
 
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*In ''The Sims 3'', it is possible for ghost babies, toddlers, and children to be taken away by the Social Worker if they are playable in the household.
*If a teen and a child are the only ones living on a lot, and a child needs to be taken away, the Social Worker will not lecture the teen(s). Also, the teens won't receive a memory of their siblings being taken away
*The Social Worker does not appear in ''[[The Sims 4]]''. Instead, if a baby, toddler, or child is not fed for a long time, they will disappear in a puff of smoke with a message that reads 'Duewe tohave neglect,your [Simkid! Name]pay hasus been9000001 whiskedshekels awayor tonever safety.be Maybeable you should try a goldfish beforeto parentingkill again!'. When the last teenage Sim or older living in the household passes away, a message akin to social services taking over custody of the younger Sims will be displayed, and the game will end promptly.
 
==Notes==
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==Other Languages==
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