Social worker meets upwardly mobile girl — dish? (7)
I believe the answer is:
antenna
'dish?' is the definition.
(as in a satellite dish)
'social worker meets upwardly mobile girl' is the wordplay.
'social worker' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this in another clue).
'meets' says to put letters next to each other.
'upwardly mobile' is a reversal indicator.
'girl' becomes 'anne' (girl's name).
'anne' in reverse letter order is 'enna'.
'ant'+'enna'='ANTENNA'
(Other definitions for antenna that I've seen before include "one feels" , "Transmitting aerial" , "What detects signals" , "Insect's sensory appendage" , "Feeling part" .)