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Definition 2025

social_work

social work

English

Noun

social work ‎(uncountable)

Any of several professions concerned with providing social services to members of the community.

Derived terms

social worker

Translations

any of several professions concerned with providing social services

Chinese:
Mandarin: 社會福利工作, 社会福利工作 ‎(shèhuì fúlì gōngzuò), 社會工作 (zh), 社会工作 (zh) ‎(shèhuì gōngzuò), 社工 ‎(shègōng)
Dutch: maatschappelijk werk n
Finnish: sosiaalityö

French: travail social m
German: soziale Arbeit f
Japanese: ソーシャルワーク ‎(sōsharuwāku)
Romanian: asistență socială (ro)
Russian: социа́льная рабо́та f ‎(sociálʹnaja rabóta)