11374 is located in the state of New York in the Metro New York City metro area. Zip code 11374 is primarily located in Queens County. The official postal service name used for 11374 is REGO PARK, New York.
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. Origin of social work. 1915-1920. First recorded in 1915-20. Related forms. social worker, noun.
1 Psychiatric social work was the leading edge of social casework in the 1920âs. 2  The strong link to psychiatry and Freudian theory improved social workâs status and image. 3  Many social workers felt that the new dominance of psychiatric social work helped shed the profession of its stigmatizing attachment to the poor.