Definitions

social service

NOUN

social work

Synonyms

WEAK

casework community service free school lunch good works government-provided services relief social welfare support services welfare welfare work

Example Sentences

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Social-service tools could keep more people from needing shelter, but there was hardly anywhere for the people already in shelter to go.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

Social-service workers came to her house to spy on her parenting skills—a thinly-veiled threat that her son might be taken away from her.

From Newsweek • Nov. 14, 2012

Social-service agencies in neighboring industrial areas and the American Friends Service Committee in Philadelphia are happy to give Pendle Hill students such jobs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Social-service agencies, churches, hospitals and rehabilitation centers have similar listings.

From Time Magazine Archive