A person in a legal or social work setting who manages and tracks individual client cases and their progress.
From 'case' (a client's legal or medical situation) + 'keeper' (one who maintains). Emerged in 20th-century social work and legal professions as caseloads grew.
While 'casekeeper' is old terminology, modern social workers do this job but now it's called 'case management'—the shift in terminology reflects how we've moved from thinking of people as 'cases to keep' to 'situations to actively manage.'
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