The goal of this paper is to be as an effort to explain a simple, easy and understandable overview of the history and essence of financial social work, what financial social work is, what it does, why it matters in all economic times and how social workers use it personally and professionally to create sustainable, long-term financial behavioral change, how much more comprehensive it is than traditional financial education. This paper is considered more as an introduction to the basics of financial social work such as its goals, properties, strategies, values, curriculum, future and its best practices model and less as a definitive resource.