She must be willing, nay, anxious, to study continually, for nearly every case will present a different sociological problem springing from a different sociological evil, and it is her work not to relieve the single case alone, but to do her part in reducing the evil which lies behind the case.
The work itself is varied. Here are some of the positions open to those who desire to engage in it:
Expert visitors for charity organization societies or other charitable institutions. Investigators of social conditions or institutions. Matrons or administrators in institutional work. Financial secretaries for private individuals or societies. Inspectors (tenement houses, factories, etc.). Executive secretaries of educational or philanthropic societies. Probation officers. Head workers and assistants in social settlements, institutional churches, welfare departments of manufacturing and mercantile establishments. The public service, State and municipal, especially those branches which deal with public welfare, such as health, charities and corrections. Members of boards of managers and committees of philanthropic institutions. Friendly visitors and volunteer workers in any field of service requiring an acquaintance with existing conditions and a knowledge of modern methods of social work.
