social work
NOUN:
1. organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
2. any of various social services designed to alleviate the conditions of the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children.
3. any of various professional activities or methods concretely concerned with providing social services and especially with the investigation, treatment, and material aid of the economically, physically, mentally, or socially disadvantaged.
Examples:
She is doing social work; He has a job in social work. —Merriam-Webster.
Related Words:
community service, good works.
Origin:
First recorded in 1915–20. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of social work: 1847. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 10 August 2020 {11:46 PM}
1. organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
2. any of various social services designed to alleviate the conditions of the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children.
3. any of various professional activities or methods concretely concerned with providing social services and especially with the investigation, treatment, and material aid of the economically, physically, mentally, or socially disadvantaged.
Examples:
She is doing social work; He has a job in social work. —Merriam-Webster.
Related Words:
community service, good works.
Origin:
First recorded in 1915–20. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of social work: 1847. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 10 August 2020 {11:46 PM}