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case-work|ˈkeɪswɜːk|
[f. case n.1 8 b + work n. 2.]
Social work carried out by the study of individual persons or groups. Hence ˌcase-ˈworker, one engaged in such study.
1896Westm. Gaz. 23 Mar. 8/2 There are two kinds of criticism urged frequently against this body—one, from outside, that it is all organisation and no charity; the other, from among its own members, that the officials are buried in ‘case’ work and do no organising. 1935C. F. Ware Greenwich Vill. 1920–1930 xiii. 374 The presence of ‘begging tendency’ as a possible problem to be checked on a case worker's record. 1940Economist 30 Mar. 573/2 The weakness of Miss Hill's book is her lack of interest in the ‘case work’ side of the problem. 1942Soc. Insurance (App. G to Beveridge Rep.) 36 The Health Centre could be the focus for all social work among the incapacitated, and its social workers could act as case workers for the Ministry. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Apr. 244/4 She is a magistrate herself, and a social worker, apparently gifted with a lawyer's appreciation of the one function and a caseworker's knowledge of the other. 1959B. Wootton Soc. Sci. & Path. App. ii. 360 The difference between caseworker and the intrained or untrained worker lies in the skill required in assessing the effect of environment. |