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Social work incorporates counseling, care, support and prevention of social problems which in a synopsis of the social security and related integration and control mechanisms play an increasingly important role. The context in this article examines expectations and reality of practical science ;therefore, social work requires careful analysis of current practices. This practice is determined by different tasks and activities of social work, through their social legitimacy, and by their own values and needs. The virtual absence of the connection between social welfare and poverty shows the weakness of social work as a science. Social work has traditionally been influenced by theories from sociology, education, psychology or medicine.