Section 2(1)(o) in Tamil Nadu Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2017
(o)"social worker" means a person with a degree in social work or sociology, psychology, criminology or child development who is engaged by a child care institution or authorised by the District Child Protection Unit, State Child Protection Society or State Adoption Resource Agency or Central Adoption Resource Authority for preparing social investigation report or individual care plan of the child, child study report, home study report of prospective adoptive parent or foster parents or any other duty as assigned to such person under the Act or these rules;