social work

English

Noun

social work (uncountable)

1. 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

• Arabic: خِدْمَة اجْتِمَاعِيَّة f (ḵidma jtimāʕiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 社會福利工作 / 社会福利工作 (shèhuì fúlì gōngzuò), 社會工作 / 社会工作 (zh) (shèhuì gōngzuò), 社工 (zh) (shègōng)

• Dutch: maatschappelijk werk n
• Finnish: sosiaalityö
• French: travail social (fr) m
• German: soziale Arbeit f
• Gujarati: સમાજસેવા f (samājsevā)
• Hindi: समाजसेवा (hi) f (samājsevā), सामजकार्य m (sāmajkārya)
• Indonesian: pekerjaan sosial
• Japanese: ソーシャルワーク (sōsharuwāku)
• Malay: kerja sosial
• Punjabi: ਸਮਾਜਸੇਵਾ f (samājsevā)
• Romanian: asistență socială (ro)
• Russian: социа́льная рабо́та f (sociálʹnaja rabóta)
• Spanish: asistencia social f
• Urdu: خدمت خلق f (xidmat-xalq)