Social work, like psychology, is a broad field with some social workers focused on clinical services and others focused on policy and research. Generally speaking, social workers are concerned with social justice and addressing both individual concerns and broad social issues, such as unemployment and domestic violence. Social work’s broad strategies typically encompass situational, health, economic and other factors to help people manage their circumstances.
Contemporary psychology is defined as the scientific study of behavioural and mental processes in human beings and other organisms. It examines the functioning of organisms in all their variety and complexity as they respond and adapt to the physical and social environments in which they are situated.