Movies and TvShows featuring "social-work" theme.

The Dumping Ground is a Drama/Family TV show that takes place in a foster care home in the United Kingdom. It follows the lives of a group of children and their experiences with social services.

A 12-year-old boy named Jesse befriends Willy, a captive killer whale at a local amusement park. When Jesse discovers Willy's dire situation, he hatches a plan to help the whale escape to freedom. Along the way, Jesse must evade the police and overcome various obstacles to ensure Willy's safety.

A baby is abandoned in a housing project and a social worker takes custody, only to have the child's mother return and fight for custody. The case goes to court, highlighting the class differences and complexities of the child custody system.

Evelyn, a shelter owner, seeks to parent a teenager while her son Ziggy tries to win the heart of a girl. As Ziggy becomes a popular online musician, Evelyn forms a bond with a mother and son seeking refuge. When You Finish Saving the World explores the struggle to connect across generations and the pursuit of love and connection.

The Specials follows the lives of a group of special needs adults who receive care and support at a center in Paris. As they navigate their way through daily challenges, they form deep friendships and learn valuable life lessons. This heartwarming film touches on themes of empathy, compassion, and the importance of inclusion in a multicultural society.

East Side/West Side is an American drama series starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, Cicely Tyson, and later on, Linden Chiles. The series aired for only one season and was shown Monday nights on CBS. TV Guide ranked it #6 on their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".

Poppy Shakespeare is a thought-provoking movie that delves into the challenges of mental illness and recovery within the healthcare system. Based on a novel, it explores the experiences of two women as they navigate their way through the complexities of the NHS and social work.

Damned is a satirical British comedy that follows the lives of social workers as they navigate through the challenges of working in an underfunded and chaotic social services department. The show explores the complexities of bureaucracy and the difficult decisions that these social workers face every day while trying to help vulnerable children and families. With a dark and humor-filled approach, Damned sheds light on the flaws and shortcomings of the social services system.

The Interrupters is a documentary film that tells the story of three community activists in Chicago who try to interrupt the cycle of violence in their city. They work as violence interrupters, mediating conflicts and intervening in street disputes in an effort to prevent retaliatory violence. The film explores their efforts, the challenges they face, and the impact they have on the lives of the people they help.

Gone for Good (2021) is a thrilling TV show based on a novel that revolves around a murder, secrets from the past, and a tragic love story. The protagonist is pulled into a dangerous web of deceit and discovers shocking truths that unravel his life.

Zohab is blindfolded and is forced to marry Nayab. The story takes new twists and turns on a speedy pace. While on the search they bump into one another. They are together for a long time and to make the situation even more dramatic start developing feelings, not knowing that they are lawfully wedded.

A man becomes obsessed with solving the murder of a woman he loved, leading him down a dangerous path of deception and betrayal.

Roswitha runs an illegal abortion clinic in Frankfurt to support her student husband and children. When she is forced to close her practice she delves into political and social activism.

Savage Messiah is a drama-thriller movie that revolves around a social worker who becomes obsessed with a religious cult and gets involved in a disturbing investigation. The story takes place in a small town and explores themes of child abuse, manipulation, and violence.

In 'Reckless', a deaf-mute paraplegic named Parry becomes an unlikely hero when he discovers an anagram that may hold the key to preventing an attempted murder. With the help of a therapist and a fictional game show host, Parry embarks on a journey to unravel the mystery and save a life. Along the way, he encounters absurdism, sign language, and the naivete of those around him. Will Parry be able to overcome his disabilities and stop the tragedy from happening?

Thelma, together with her husband Dado and teenage sons Gerald and Yuri, are a poor urban family hired by a local foster care facility to provide temporary home and care to abandoned babies pending the latter's formal adoption.

Young people who have to survive without a home base are helped on their way to a life on their own two feet at Wonen Met Kansen. Little by little, with trial and error, but with the rock-solid confidence that the supervisors have in them.

Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me is a 2011 one-off Christmas special, made by STV Productions and broadcast by ITV on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The special centres around a wealthy car dealer Jonathan Donald who befriends a terminally ill teenager Freddie Copeland and makes his Christmas wish come true.

A businessman sentenced to social work in an isolated community gets to know a local resident and her daughter.

It's December 16, 1972, 50 years ago. The first social cooperative in the world is born in Trieste. It was formed by 28 people: two sociologists, two psychologists, five nurses, a healthcare assistant, two doctors and sixteen private individuals who all have the same residential address: via San Cilino 16, Trieste. They are interned in a psychiatric hospital and therefore have no civil and political rights: they cannot vote, marry or make a will. Imagine founding a cooperative. Thus the Court of Trieste rejected the request to establish the cooperative. It would have been a long march through the institutions.