welfare worker
Americannoun
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In “Welfare,” for example, you see situations where the welfare worker is being a bit impatient.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2018
The boy later repeated the story to a state child welfare worker.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2018
But as hard as they worked to recruit new adoptive homes, one retired child welfare worker commented in recent years that the number of children taken into state custody just kept climbing.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 27, 2018
A child welfare worker is on the line telling of three siblings in need of a foster family.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2017
She looked more like a Ralph Lauren model than a child welfare worker.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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