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caseworker

caseworker

27 3.9
A person who helps people or families get help from social services
  • noun
  • /ˈkeɪsˌwɜrkər/
translation icon : trabajador social
  • The caseworker visited the family to assess their needs and provide support.
  • welfare caseworker
  • Foster care caseworker
  • child's caseworker

So she would block off my she was my my welfare work program caseworker.

Examples

  • In fact, their interactions with caseworkers can be determinants of future life outcomes.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The full-time staff consists of a director, therapist, caseworker, lead instructor, and three paraprofessionals.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Is that what my caseworker said?

  • Your caseworker will have a lot of questions for you.

  • Can I have the intake caseworker, please?

  • The duty of the individual caseworker is to monitor the students' attendance, progress, and behavior.

    Academic text (2004)
  • I should be able to trust my caseworker, but I can't.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Are you Juno, our caseworker?

  • Cynthia also told the caseworker that she loved the old transistor radio she had as a young woman.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I'm Carla's caseworker.

Synonyms

social worker
vscaseworker
137 3.1

A person who helps people in need by giving advice and support

focuses on managing individual cases and coordinating services
welfare worker
vscaseworker
2 3.5

A person who helps poor or vulnerable people get support from social services

works by managing specific individual or family cases

How Experienced

caseworker
27 3.9
trainee
50 2.4

Surface Forms

caseworker singular
caseworkers plural

Morphology

caseworker = case + worker (transparent) = case + worker

Formed by combining 'case' and 'worker' to mean a worker who manages cases; the meaning is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Caseworker is simply made of case and worker, where case here means a person's 'problem' or 'file' and worker is someone who helps. So a caseworker is a person who works on people's cases, supporting them and managing their needs.