"social work" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} social work (uncountable)
  1. Any of several professions concerned with providing social services to members of the community. Wikipedia link: social work Tags: uncountable Derived forms: social worker Translations (any of several professions concerned with providing social services): خِدْمَة اجْتِمَاعِيَّة (ḵidma jtimāʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 社會福利工作 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会福利工作 (shèhuì fúlì gōngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 社會工作 (Chinese Mandarin), 社会工作 (shèhuì gōngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 社工 (shègōng) (Chinese Mandarin), maatschappelijk werk [neuter] (Dutch), sosiaalityö (Finnish), travail social [masculine] (French), soziale Arbeit [feminine] (German), સમાજસેવા (samājsevā) [feminine] (Gujarati), समाजसेवा (samājsevā) [feminine] (Hindi), सामजकार्य (sāmajkārya) [masculine] (Hindi), pekerjaan sosial (Indonesian), ソーシャルワーク (sōsharuwāku) (Japanese), kerja sosial (Malay), ਸਮਾਜਸੇਵਾ (samājsevā) [feminine] (Punjabi), asistență socială (Romanian), социа́льная рабо́та (sociálʹnaja rabóta) [feminine] (Russian), asistencia social [feminine] (Spanish), خدمت خلق (xidmat-xalq) [feminine] (Urdu)

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