approved social worker

noun

1. social welfare (in England) a qualified social worker specially trained in mental-health work, who is approved by his employing local authority to apply for a mentally disordered person to be admitted to hospital and detained there, or to apply for the person to be received into the guardianship of the local authority

Example Sentences

In England two doctors have to sign detention certificates along with an approved social worker, the equivalent of a mental health officer.

From BBC