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casework

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case·work  (kswûrk)
n.
Social work devoted to the needs of individual clients or cases.
caseworker n.
casework
Noun
social work based on close study of the personal histories and circumstances of individuals and families
caseworker n
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Noun1.casework - close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment
social service, welfare work - an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society
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Instead, they adopted a casework model, providing social services to clients.
From Welfare to Workfare: The Unintended Consequences of Liberal ... by Achenbaum, W. Andrew / Journal of Social History
Social casework provided the "inspiration and guidance" for these reforms.
Jennifer Mittelstadt. From Welfare to Workfare: The Unintended ... by Sherraden, Margaret Sherrard / Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Highlights include the following: 91 percent of outsourced requests were DNA-related, including nearly 13,000 casework requests and 205,000 convicted offender samples in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS); a typical laboratory in 2002 started the year with a backlog of about 390 requests, received 4,900 additional ones, and completed 4,600; and 41 percent of publicly funded laboratories in 2002 reported outsourcing one or more types of forensic services to private labs.
Forensics by The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
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