of casework, group and community services which are described in later chapters as well as for a variety of training services available to many agencies; while the voluntary agencies assume responsibility over a range. of services as wide in scope as would be attempted in any developed country—financial and supplementary relief assistance, vocational, prevocational and trade training, rehabilitation, day care, institutional services for young and old, aftercare of prisoners and drug addicts, social research and a host of essential services which supplement and complement the official services.
STRUCTURE
9. For some years the Department has been divided into functional sections each of which was headed by a Principal Social Welfare Officer, a professional officer with long experience and often specialized train- ing in his or her particular field. Each Section Head is responsible on professional matters to an Assistant Director who is a qualified and experienced social worker, and on administrative matters to an Assist- ant Director who is a senior member of the administrative service. A detailed account is given in the relevant chapters of this report of the functions of each of the seven Sections; these are-
the Child Welfare Section
(including adoption and liaison with day care and residential
institutions for children);
the Probation Section
(including correctional institutions);
the Relief Section
(including public assistance, and emergency relief and inves- tigation into the financial circumstances of those seeking Legal Aid);
the Special Welfare Services Section
(including services for the physically, and mentally handi-
capped, and for the aged);
the Women and Girls Section
(personal counselling, group activity and liaison with insti-
tutions serving women and girls);
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