case workers

Client welfare coordinators

Case workers are professionals who help individuals or families navigate social services, healthcare, or legal systems.

They assess needs, develop care plans, coordinate resources, and advocate for clients dealing with challenges like poverty, illness, disability, or child welfare issues.

The case worker connected her with housing assistance and job training programs.

Also spelled as one word: caseworkers.

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professional role in helping systems

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Mental health professionals

psychotherapists · clinical psychologists · psychiatrists · specialists · consultants

relationship to institutional systems

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Those receiving professional services

cases · wards · dependents · beneficiaries · foster children

approach to human problems

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Those mobilizing local collective action

activists · peer counselors · family members · volunteers · neighbors

Family

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