Crossword Genius

To bring in social worker is significant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

important

'significant' is the definition.
('important' can be a synonym of 'significant')

'to bring in social worker' is the wordplay.
'to bring in' becomes 'import' (I've seen this before).
'social worker' becomes 'ant' (I've seen this before).
'import'+'ant'='IMPORTANT'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for important that I've seen before include "Main" , "of great concern" , "Eminent" , "Meaningful" , "material" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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