[ noun ] someone employed to provide social services (especially to the disadvantaged) <noun.person>
In the Fruitport case, the boy admitted he threatened to cut his victims' heads off with a sword or lock them in the bathroom if they told their parents, said Juvenile Court caseworker Debra Jensen.
Ms. Barber was the first Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services caseworker to be convicted of a felony for handling of official duties.
The caseworker electronically checked files and found one grandmother had a history of child abuse while the other lived with a violent boyfriend.
"Most everyone I worked with has gone," says Kathi Martin, formerly a caseworker at a mental-health agency here and now an assistant to a private psychologist.
At least two leads are being pursued, said Luis Torre, a caseworker for the Texas Department of Human Services in El Paso.
The caseworker didn't report Ms. Cardona's disappearance to the court for four months.
Bradley's main caseworker was convicted June 15 of felony child abuse for negligence in recommending that the child be returned to the Coes.