Stevenson, brought up in a Presbyterian home, found that biblical allusions were a useful way of delineating good and evil. In the first chapter, for example, the narrator Utterson remarks quaintly that he inclines to Cain's heresy--he lets his brother go to the Devil (e.
School-based social workers must have strong communication skills and relationships with a variety of social agencies. The primary duty of a school-based social worker involves counseling students by meeting with them to discuss the issues they face and their root causes.
A related position is that the function of social work may well be to deal with the failure of other policy areas such as crime, health or education. Social work is then seen to be charged with not simply dealing with those in need but rather with addressing the shortcomings of key policy areas in the public services.