Is a case worker the same as a social worker?

Question

Is a case worker the same as a social worker?

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

A case worker is one type of a job a social worker does.

Answer 3

one defines the other.

social worker is the person performing the job or service.

case worker is the one of the jobs a social worker does.

example: if a social worker has to verify information of a prisoner and work with him, then she is working in a case, his case, his problems to find a possible solution to it.

most social workers work with cases in different fileds.

Answer 4

No

A social worker can be a case worker - but a case worker is not necessarily a social worker.

As others have correctly identified - case work with in the profession of social work is viewed as one role or task that a social worker might take on  (now this is complicated by the history of social work in which one form of social work is called social casework).

The larger confusion though comes because many agencies (including social welfare and child welfare) may call those with a social work degree "case worker" as a job title -

However, most of these agencies also will employ people who do NOT have a social work degree (though this is getting a bit less frequent).

DA