Social Work

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• case advocacy

  Social worker advocating for a client's individual rights through intervention or empowerment.
• case discussion

  Discussion of cases by social workers or panels for planning and decision-making.
• case management

  Process of developing client abilities, resources, and will to achieve goals; includes securing, implementing, and monitoring services.
• case record

  Data gathered on a client, typically as a case file.
• case study

  Research method to determine causes of phenomena in individuals, families, or organizations; bounded by time and analysis unit.
• caseload

  Number of clients a social worker handles at a given time.
• casework

  Social work method to promote client social functioning via casework process.
• casework process

  Effort at micro level working one-on-one with individuals or families to enhance well-being.
• catharsis

  Technique releasing tension from repressed traumatic experiences.
• centralisation

  Consolidation of power in an organization.
• challenge

  Task testing abilities, requiring effort and problem-solving for growth.
• change agent

  Social worker driving change at micro, mezzo, or macro levels.
• characteristic

  Distinctive feature or quality defining a person or phenomenon.
• charity

  Material aid to needy without expectation of return.
• child

  Person under 18 per Child Care Act No. 38 of 2005.
• child abuse

  Wilful physical, psychological, emotional, or sexual harm to children by caregivers.
• child advocacy

  Field promoting and protecting children's rights and well-being.
• child and family care

  Services promoting family quality of life and functioning.
• child care

  Supervision and nurturing of children while parents work.
• child in need of care

  Child requiring protection due to neglect, abuse, or vulnerability.
• child justice

  Legal systems addressing children in conflict with law, prioritizing rights and welfare.
• child minder

  Person paid to supervise up to six children part-day.
• child neglect

  Inadequate care impeding child growth and development.
• child prostitution

  Child sexual exploitation for money/goods, voluntary or forced.
• child protection

  Safeguarding children from abuse, neglect, and harm.