social work
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈsoʊʃəl wɜrk/
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trabajo social
- Many graduates choose to pursue a career in social work to help those in need.
- social work practice
- social work profession
- social work practitioners
Let's replicate that with this vital area of social work.
- Let's replicate that with this vital area of social work.
- The Dean was my next door neighbor so so next door neighbor was a Dean of the school of social work in UT Austin TX.
- In the past, their role was a traditional role in charity service, in, in social work.
- That's what you want to do social work, man, because you want to help other people, you know, onward.
- That's what you want to do, social work man 'cause you want to help other people, you know, Onward, try to help.
- She actually end up ended up doing social work in Chicago before somehow she made her way to San Francisco.
- Oh, my God, people, social work has arrived.
Examples
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Empathy is particularly important to social work practice. Clients experiencing empathy through treatment have improved outcomes.
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Client autonomy is a central social work value that informs essentially all social work practice.
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There has been a limited recorded account of how social work started in Nigeria.
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More than ever, the goals of social work and the goals of the court seemed in conflict.
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But critics have questioned whether social work has the capacity to do this.
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I was sort of living with Alison while she worked on her Master's of social work, which was really great.
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After I finish this semester, I plan to stay on and get my graduate's degree in social work.
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Listening, you see, is the magic in good social work, just as it is in good doctoring.
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And people who do social work in their communities should be valued by everybody and you know, creates great social cohesion.
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Mental health stigma and its effects on social work students have been understudied.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.3
Programs that help people who need support
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6.0
Work a social worker does with a person or family to study and help with their problems
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3.5
Activities that help people who are poor or in need
Antonyms
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'social work' is largely compositional: a learner who knows 'social' (relating to society/communities) and 'work' (job/activity) will infer it means work connected to society or community. However, the specific institutionalized meaning — a professional field involving trained practitioners helping vulnerable people — is more specialized and not fully predictable from the parts, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Social work comes from putting together social (about people and groups) and work (helping action). Picture someone visiting a family or running a community center to help with housing, health, or money problems. So, social work means 'work done to help people's lives'.