caseworker

caseworker
/kays"werr'keuhr/, n.
1. a person who does casework.
2. an investigator, esp. of a social agency, who aids disadvantaged individuals or families chiefly by analysis of their problems and through personal counseling.
Also, case-worker, case worker.
[1930-35; CASE1 + WORKER]

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