How to Use care worker in a Sentence

care worker

noun
  • Alvarez, a full-time in-home care worker, is one of its residents.
    — Jeffrey Kopp,kate Rogers, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
  • A day care worker was chased into a school on Wednesday by federal agents, who then dragged her out in front of children.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Her parents, an engineer and a health-care worker, often took her to the Kennedy Center.
    — Bob Morris, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • The mother, who worked as a cleaner and child care worker, does not have a criminal record, the CDE said.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The program also provides a full-time therapist and youth care worker, in addition to a part time nurse, to help the teens navigate their futures and work through their trauma.
    — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • After the stabbing of three children and a care worker in November 2023, the suspect was described as a foreign‑born man.
    — Donathan L. Brown, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • At the child care center on my campus, for example, raising child care worker wages from $15 to $17 an hour would cost over $85,000 annually.
    — Beth Kania-Gosche, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The following month, a Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez, a Chicago day-care worker who survived and drove away to seek medical care.
    — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Lynn Weidner, a home care worker in Mackenzie’s district who works nearly 80 hours a week, said her $400 premium will increase to $680.
    — Marc Levy, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Heather Miller, the former child care worker accused of felony child abuse involving three infants at The Lawrence School in Waukesha, will serve 15 years in prison and another seven on extended supervision.
    — Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Family members had to rush the boy to the hospital following the attack at New Beginnings Child Enrichment Center, while a day care worker allegedly killed the snake before children returned to the playground the next day.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024, the median annual wage for a child care worker in California was $38,220, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026

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