key worker

British  

noun

1. a social worker, mental health worker, or nursery nurse assigned to an individual case, patient, or child

2. (in Britain) a worker in any of a number of public sector professions considered by the government to be essential to society, for example teachers, police officers, NHS health workers etc

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Example Sentences

Santa's key worker was later discovered on Formby beach using thermal binoculars, while a local lifeboat quad bike team stepped in to shepherd him into some sand dunes.

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"I still feel guilt that I couldn't save him," she told the BBC, adding she was angry and frustrated her brother was not offered therapy, a mentor or a key worker as a single point of contact, and she said he might still be alive with that help.

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A prison key worker said he had come to the unit wanting to work on "reactions and perceptions of rudeness towards him".

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The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that a "key worker" who gave evidence at Foden's trial last year "did raise concerns with the police" and that these concerns were raised "following Foden's arrest".

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The key worker told the court that her meetings with Child E, usually took place "in private" in a classroom.

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