Caseworker
Encyclopedia
In social work
, a caseworker is a type of social worker who is employed by a government agency
, non-profit organization
, or other group to take on the cases of individuals and provide them with advocacy
, information or other services.
Caseworkers are employed by a large number of organizations in Britain
, especially in the voluntary and public sectors. In the United States
, most government agencies that provide social services to children in poor or troubled families have a staff of caseworkers, each of whom is assigned a proportion of the cases under review at any given time. In Australia
, caseworkers may be assigned to work in child protection, drug and alcohol services or community health organizations.
As of 2004, there were approximately 876,000 child welfare caseworkers in the United States
. Seventy-two percent are women, and their mean salary is $30,590. Caseworker turnover is high; every year, an estimated 20 percent of public caseworkers and 40 percent of private caseworkers leave their positions. http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:XrGIA9h31b8J:www.pewtrust.org/pdf/foster_care_voices_021804.pdf+%22caseworkers+in+the+United+States%22&hl=en&start=1
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
, a caseworker is a type of social worker who is employed by a government agency
Government agency
A government or state agency is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an intelligence agency. There is a notable variety of agency types...
, non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, or other group to take on the cases of individuals and provide them with advocacy
Advocacy
Advocacy is a political process by an individual or a large group which normally aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions within political, economic, and social systems and institutions; it may be motivated from moral, ethical or faith principles or simply to protect an...
, information or other services.
Caseworkers are employed by a large number of organizations in Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, especially in the voluntary and public sectors. In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, most government agencies that provide social services to children in poor or troubled families have a staff of caseworkers, each of whom is assigned a proportion of the cases under review at any given time. In Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, caseworkers may be assigned to work in child protection, drug and alcohol services or community health organizations.
As of 2004, there were approximately 876,000 child welfare caseworkers in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Seventy-two percent are women, and their mean salary is $30,590. Caseworker turnover is high; every year, an estimated 20 percent of public caseworkers and 40 percent of private caseworkers leave their positions. http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:XrGIA9h31b8J:www.pewtrust.org/pdf/foster_care_voices_021804.pdf+%22caseworkers+in+the+United+States%22&hl=en&start=1