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Case file

Meaning in social work, with examples

nounCore term

In social work, case file means: The complete record held about a person or family, including referrals, assessments, plans, case notes, letters and reports.

In Turkish: vaka dosyası, dosya

How it is used

Today usually electronic. Managers audit case files, inspectors read samples of them, and people can request access to their own file. Information is added to, uploaded to or kept on the case file.

Example sentences

  1. A copy of the letter has been uploaded to the case file.

  2. When she turned eighteen, she asked to read her case file from childhood.

Common collocations

  • case file audit
  • on the case file
  • access to the case file
  • electronic case file
  • case notesWritten records of contacts, conversations, observations and actions in a case, made by the worker as the work happens.
  • record keepingThe practice of creating, organising, storing and updating accurate records about the people you work with and the actions you take.
  • data protectionThe laws and practices that control how personal information is collected, stored, used, shared and deleted.
  • chronologyA list of the significant events in a person's or family's life and in the case, in date order, used to spot patterns over time.

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