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/sˈoʊʃəl wərk/ Listen

Social work

noun

Any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children.

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"Social work" Quotes from Famous Books

... start," she said in a serious manner, "I must tell some personal things. I've been going to school at Boulder. I am staying out this semester to work on my graduate thesis, 'Social Work in Rural Communities.' When you consider my restricted field, it's a big job. But I like that kind of work—studying people, their individualities, their shortcomings, their accomplishments. From what I hear of you, David, you have an aversion for those things—in ...

— David Lannarck, Midget - An Adventure Story • George S. Harney

... Spiritual Department was taking place in this manner, the Social Work was assuming large proportions, and differentiating itself. Visitation in the lower parts of the cities was organized into a regular department of Slum Work, called the Slum Department, with a specialized corps of officers. Work among fallen women was instituted ...

— The Social Work of the Salvation Army • Edwin Gifford Lamb

Words linked to "Social work" : welfare work, social service