caseworker
ケースワーカー
解説 Definition
福祉機関で個人や家庭の相談・支援にあたる専門職員。
A caseworker is a person whose job is to help and manage cases for people who need support. The word is common in social services, healthcare, and government work, where the worker connects clients with advice, services, or benefits.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
worker はそのまま「働く人」。case は「箱」ではなく、a murder case や case by case の case と同じで「個別案件・相談事」と取るのがコツ。つまり caseworker は「一人ひとりの案件を受け持つ人」。福祉・支援の現場で、利用者や家庭ごとに事情を聞き、申請や支援計画をつなぐ役を思い浮かべると定着しやすい。social worker に近いが、caseworker は特定ケースの担当感が強い。
Start with `worker` = a person who works, then focus on `case` as in `a court case` or `case by case`, not a box. That gives you the image of someone handling one person's situation or file. It is close to `social worker`, but `caseworker` strongly suggests responsibility for specific individual cases.
例文
The caseworker visited the family weekly to ensure the children were receiving proper care.
ケースワーカーは毎週その家族を訪問し、子どもたちが適切なケアを受けているか確認した。
After losing his job, he was assigned a caseworker who helped him apply for unemployment benefits.
失業後、彼は失業手当の申請を手助けしてくれるケースワーカーを担当に付けてもらった。
The experienced caseworker managed over fifty cases simultaneously while maintaining quality support for each client.
経験豊富なケースワーカーは、各クライアントへの質の高い支援を維持しながら、50件以上のケースを同時に担当していた。
caseworker の類義語・関連語
caseworker の語源・成り立ち Etymology
caseworker は case＋worker の複合語で、case は古フランス語 cas、さらにラテン語 casus「起こった出来事」、worker は古英語 weorc 系です。つまり「個々の事例を担当して働く人」という成り立ちで、支援職の意味が自然に見えます。関連語は casework, casualty。
Caseworker is a modern compound of case and worker. Case came through Old French from Latin casus, meaning "event" or "occurrence," while worker comes from Old English weorc. The word was formed for someone whose work centers on handling individual cases; related words include casework and casualty.
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