case work
Social worker's duties
Casework is the professional handling of individual cases, particularly in social services, where a caseworker manages specific clients' needs—housing, benefits, mental health support.
In politics, casework refers to a legislator's office helping constituents navigate government bureaucracy: Much of the senator's staff time goes to casework.
The term emphasizes individualized attention rather than policy-level work.
- clientOne who hires professionals
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- care planOrganized healthcare strategy
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
mental health · welfare · child welfare · foster care · support · at-risk youth · intake · referral · family · home study · crisis · safety plan · documentation · home visit · court order · needs · services · vulnerable
- social servicessocial services, welfare office, job training, child protective services, counseling
- support servicestherapy, counseling, tutoring, mentoring, coaching
- pipe organspipe organ, organ, organ pipes, pipe organs, organ stops
- sociologysocial structure, social class, social institutions, social norms, social mobility
- piano partsivories, dampers, white keys, hammers, black keys
- social aidpublic welfare, social services, public aid, government aid, assistance programs
case workpolicy reform
Amending governmental regulations
community organizing · advocacy · social reform · institutional reform · social planning