Part One: The What and Why of Social Work or "Welfare"
The Targets of "Welfare": Destitution and Poverty
Part Two: The Field of Welfare Services Today
Services for Medical Care
Services to Children as a Special Group
Services for Psychotherapy
Services to Neighborhoods: The Settlement Movement
Services for Clients with many Needs
Part Three: Welfare Methods and Operational Personnel
Casework, the major Technique: Origin, Growth, Loss of Direction
The Hierarchy of Techniques in Social Work
Personnel in Social Welfare Services
The Profession of Social Work
Training Schools of Social Work
Part Four: Historical Perspectives
Social Welfare in Western Culture
Theoretical-Philosophic Foundations
