Professional workers who investigate, manage, and provide services for individual cases, often in social services, welfare, or legal contexts.
Plural of 'caseworker,' compound of 'case' and 'worker,' designating professionals who work case-by-case with clients or patients.
Caseworkers are often on the frontline of social systems—they're the ones who actually know individual families and situations, yet they're frequently overworked and underpaid compared to administrators.
Caseworkers have been historically female-coded despite male presence; the field carries gendered wage gaps and devaluation typical of care professions.
Use neutrally; avoid assumptions that caseworkers are female, and recognize this profession equally with male-dominated professional work.
["client advocates","support specialists","care coordinators"]
Women caseworkers pioneered systematic client advocacy and professionalized emotional labor; their contributions are often uncredited in social service history.
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