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Think of social workers as professional helpers who enhance people's well-being and help them develop crucial life skills. They're basically the bridge between people in need and the resources that can help them.
Social workers wear many hats in their daily work. As brokers, they make referrals to connect families with needed resources. As advocates, they fight for people's rights - especially for those who don't have a voice to speak up for themselves.
They also work as case managers who locate services and assist clients (like calling an ambulance during emergencies), educators who teach practical skills like budgeting and child discipline, and facilitators who bring groups of people together. Many also serve as managers and supervisors in various settings.
Pro Tip: Social work focuses on helping people fulfill their roles in society - both in their immediate environment and within themselves.

Social workers use three main approaches to help restore people's lives. Restorative work focuses on healing impaired capacities, whether that's helping someone recover emotionally or physically after trauma.
Preventive work aims to stop social problems before they happen - like preventing social dysfunction, injustice, and rights violations. Meanwhile, developmental work provides individual and psychosocial support to help people grow.
Daily responsibilities include assisting clients through phone or in-person meetings, getting clients involved in beneficial programs, maintaining accurate records, and making referrals to other agencies. Ethical boundaries are crucial, especially regarding the power difference between professionals and patients.
Important: Social workers must never share clients' personal details, especially on electronic media - violating this can result in losing their license!

Successful social work starts with knowing your audience. You need to consider their characteristics, language spoken, health literacy, and communication preferences to connect effectively.
Social workers operate on three levels. Micro level involves individuals, families, and relationships - the small, personal stuff. Meso level covers medium systems like groups, communities, neighborhoods, and schools. Macro level tackles large systematic issues like healthcare systems and policies.
The clientele includes all people with social concerns - those experiencing injustice, having their rights violated, being left out, dealing with personal problems like losing family members, or getting seriously ill. Basically, anyone deserving of social welfare benefits.
Reality Check: Whether it's individuals needing help fitting into larger environments or entire communities facing challenges, social workers meet people where they are.

Social workers serve incredibly diverse groups and organizations including gay men and lesbians, migrants, women, abused or neglected children, elderly pensioners, veterans, and people in conflict with the law.
Communities make up the largest share of social work clientele because everything happens within a community context. When helping clients, social workers use a systematic approach.
For example, with bullying cases, a social worker might first ask random questions to make the student comfortable, then explore how and why the bullying started. Next, they'd talk to the child about family dynamics before approaching parents with solutions to restore family harmony.
Key Insight: Effective social work requires understanding both individual problems and the community context where they occur.

Social work uses two main approaches: primary (direct) and secondary (indirect) methods. Primary methods involve directly interacting with people to solve their problems in the field.
Social Case Work deals with individual problems through one-to-one professional relationships - it's personalized and guided by trained workers. Social Group Work helps individuals within a group setting through planned program activities, where workers directly engage with participants.
Community Organization directs efforts toward meeting entire community needs. All these primary approaches involve face-to-face interaction and immediate problem-solving.
Remember: Primary methods are all about direct human connection - you're working with people, not just about them.

Secondary approaches don't involve direct client interaction but are equally important. Social work research conducts systematic studies through surveys and critical inquiries to understand social problems better.
Social welfare administration transforms social policies into actual services, determining who needs help and how to provide it. Social action brings about positive changes in defective systems.
The Generalist intervention model uses a multilevel approach covering micro, meso, and macro levels. It has seven crucial processes: engagement, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination, and follow-up.
Key Process: The four most crucial stages are engagement (first welcoming interaction), assessment (gathering client information), intervention (planning and implementing), and evaluation (checking if goals were met).

Assessment requires gathering accurate information from clients to develop effective strategies. You need clear goals and proof that the client's information is reliable before moving forward.
Intervention involves both planning and implementing solutions. The client should feel confident that the social worker can actually help them - this builds trust and cooperation.
Evaluation is crucial for determining whether goals have been met. This stage helps measure success and guides future interventions.
Success Tip: Each stage builds on the previous one - rushing through assessment will make intervention and evaluation much harder.

Communication is about exchanging thoughts through messages to generate action, inform, and create understanding. It happens everywhere - in personal life with family and friends, social life at school and with peers, and business management.
Every communication has four key dimensions: the message (content), source (where it comes from), form and channel (the medium used), and destination (the receiver or target audience).
Communication barriers prevent achieving desired effects. Physical barriers include poor technology, equipment shortages, and outside noise. Ambiguous words create confusion when they sound the same but have different meanings.
Watch Out: System design faults like poor internet connections and attitudinal barriers from personal preferences can seriously mess up your message!

Physiological barriers stem from physical health issues like poor eyesight or hearing problems. Individual linguistic barriers involve jargon, complex words, or colloquialisms that confuse your audience.
Communication happens on five levels. The energetic level (psychic level) involves unseen factors, while the verbal level includes the words we spend a lifetime trying to master.
Attitudinal barriers come from different viewpoints and preferences - people process information differently, with some wanting compressed details while others need everything spelled out.
Pro Tip: Understanding these barriers helps you adjust your communication style to reach different types of clients effectively.

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I think it’s very much worth it and you’ll end up using it a lot once you get the hang of it and even after looking at others notes you can still ask your Artificial intelligence buddy the question and ask to simplify it if you still don’t get it!!! In the end I think it’s worth it 😊👍 ⚠️Also DID I MENTION ITS FREEE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING AND STILL GET YOUR GRADES IN PERFECTLY❗️❗️⚠️
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Brad T
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Not only did it help me find the answer but it also showed me alternative ways to solve it. I was horrible in math and science but now I have an a in both subjects. Thanks for the help🤍🤍
David K
iOS user
The app's just great! All I have to do is enter the topic in the search bar and I get the response real fast. I don't have to watch 10 YouTube videos to understand something, so I'm saving my time. Highly recommended!
Sudenaz Ocak
Android user
In school I was really bad at maths but thanks to the app, I am doing better now. I am so grateful that you made the app.
Greenlight Bonnie
Android user
I found this app a couple years ago and it has only gotten better since then. I really love it because it can help with written questions and photo questions. Also, it can find study guides that other people have made as well as flashcard sets and practice tests. The free version is also amazing for students who might not be able to afford it. Would 100% recommend
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iOS user
Best app if you're in Highschool or Junior high. I have been using this app for 2 school years and it's the best, it's good if you don't have anyone to help you with school work.😋🩷🎀
Marco B
iOS user
THE QUIZES AND FLASHCARDS ARE SO USEFUL AND I LOVE THE SCHOOLGPT. IT ALSO IS LITREALLY LIKE CHATGPT BUT SMARTER!! HELPED ME WITH MY MASCARA PROBLEMS TOO!! AS WELL AS MY REAL SUBJECTS ! DUHHH 😍😁😲🤑💗✨🎀😮
Elisha
iOS user
This app is phenomenal down to the correct info and the various topics you can study! I greatly recommend it for people who struggle with procrastination and those who need homework help. It has been perfectly accurate for world 1 history as far as I’ve seen! Geometry too!
Paul T
iOS user
The app is very easy to use and well designed. I have found everything I was looking for so far and have been able to learn a lot from the presentations! I will definitely use the app for a class assignment! And of course it also helps a lot as an inspiration.
Stefan S
iOS user
This app is really great. There are so many study notes and help [...]. My problem subject is French, for example, and the app has so many options for help. Thanks to this app, I have improved my French. I would recommend it to anyone.
Samantha Klich
Android user
Wow, I am really amazed. I just tried the app because I've seen it advertised many times and was absolutely stunned. This app is THE HELP you want for school and above all, it offers so many things, such as workouts and fact sheets, which have been VERY helpful to me personally.
Anna
iOS user
I think it’s very much worth it and you’ll end up using it a lot once you get the hang of it and even after looking at others notes you can still ask your Artificial intelligence buddy the question and ask to simplify it if you still don’t get it!!! In the end I think it’s worth it 😊👍 ⚠️Also DID I MENTION ITS FREEE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING AND STILL GET YOUR GRADES IN PERFECTLY❗️❗️⚠️
Thomas R
iOS user
Knowunity is the BEST app I’ve used in a minute. This is not an ai review or anything this is genuinely coming from a 7th grade student (I know 2011 im young) but dude this app is a 10/10 i have maintained a 3.8 gpa and have plenty of time for gaming. I love it and my mom is just happy I got good grades
Brad T
Android user
Not only did it help me find the answer but it also showed me alternative ways to solve it. I was horrible in math and science but now I have an a in both subjects. Thanks for the help🤍🤍
David K
iOS user
The app's just great! All I have to do is enter the topic in the search bar and I get the response real fast. I don't have to watch 10 YouTube videos to understand something, so I'm saving my time. Highly recommended!
Sudenaz Ocak
Android user
In school I was really bad at maths but thanks to the app, I am doing better now. I am so grateful that you made the app.
Greenlight Bonnie
Android user
I found this app a couple years ago and it has only gotten better since then. I really love it because it can help with written questions and photo questions. Also, it can find study guides that other people have made as well as flashcard sets and practice tests. The free version is also amazing for students who might not be able to afford it. Would 100% recommend
Aubrey
iOS user
Best app if you're in Highschool or Junior high. I have been using this app for 2 school years and it's the best, it's good if you don't have anyone to help you with school work.😋🩷🎀
Marco B
iOS user
THE QUIZES AND FLASHCARDS ARE SO USEFUL AND I LOVE THE SCHOOLGPT. IT ALSO IS LITREALLY LIKE CHATGPT BUT SMARTER!! HELPED ME WITH MY MASCARA PROBLEMS TOO!! AS WELL AS MY REAL SUBJECTS ! DUHHH 😍😁😲🤑💗✨🎀😮
Elisha
iOS user
This app is phenomenal down to the correct info and the various topics you can study! I greatly recommend it for people who struggle with procrastination and those who need homework help. It has been perfectly accurate for world 1 history as far as I’ve seen! Geometry too!
Paul T
iOS user
Roxiana Mariano
@jellyace
Ever wondered how social workers actually help people and make a difference in communities? Social work is all about connecting people to the resources they need while fighting for their rights and well-being. Let's dive into what social workers really... Show more

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Think of social workers as professional helpers who enhance people's well-being and help them develop crucial life skills. They're basically the bridge between people in need and the resources that can help them.
Social workers wear many hats in their daily work. As brokers, they make referrals to connect families with needed resources. As advocates, they fight for people's rights - especially for those who don't have a voice to speak up for themselves.
They also work as case managers who locate services and assist clients (like calling an ambulance during emergencies), educators who teach practical skills like budgeting and child discipline, and facilitators who bring groups of people together. Many also serve as managers and supervisors in various settings.
Pro Tip: Social work focuses on helping people fulfill their roles in society - both in their immediate environment and within themselves.

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Social workers use three main approaches to help restore people's lives. Restorative work focuses on healing impaired capacities, whether that's helping someone recover emotionally or physically after trauma.
Preventive work aims to stop social problems before they happen - like preventing social dysfunction, injustice, and rights violations. Meanwhile, developmental work provides individual and psychosocial support to help people grow.
Daily responsibilities include assisting clients through phone or in-person meetings, getting clients involved in beneficial programs, maintaining accurate records, and making referrals to other agencies. Ethical boundaries are crucial, especially regarding the power difference between professionals and patients.
Important: Social workers must never share clients' personal details, especially on electronic media - violating this can result in losing their license!

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Successful social work starts with knowing your audience. You need to consider their characteristics, language spoken, health literacy, and communication preferences to connect effectively.
Social workers operate on three levels. Micro level involves individuals, families, and relationships - the small, personal stuff. Meso level covers medium systems like groups, communities, neighborhoods, and schools. Macro level tackles large systematic issues like healthcare systems and policies.
The clientele includes all people with social concerns - those experiencing injustice, having their rights violated, being left out, dealing with personal problems like losing family members, or getting seriously ill. Basically, anyone deserving of social welfare benefits.
Reality Check: Whether it's individuals needing help fitting into larger environments or entire communities facing challenges, social workers meet people where they are.

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Social workers serve incredibly diverse groups and organizations including gay men and lesbians, migrants, women, abused or neglected children, elderly pensioners, veterans, and people in conflict with the law.
Communities make up the largest share of social work clientele because everything happens within a community context. When helping clients, social workers use a systematic approach.
For example, with bullying cases, a social worker might first ask random questions to make the student comfortable, then explore how and why the bullying started. Next, they'd talk to the child about family dynamics before approaching parents with solutions to restore family harmony.
Key Insight: Effective social work requires understanding both individual problems and the community context where they occur.

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Social work uses two main approaches: primary (direct) and secondary (indirect) methods. Primary methods involve directly interacting with people to solve their problems in the field.
Social Case Work deals with individual problems through one-to-one professional relationships - it's personalized and guided by trained workers. Social Group Work helps individuals within a group setting through planned program activities, where workers directly engage with participants.
Community Organization directs efforts toward meeting entire community needs. All these primary approaches involve face-to-face interaction and immediate problem-solving.
Remember: Primary methods are all about direct human connection - you're working with people, not just about them.

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Secondary approaches don't involve direct client interaction but are equally important. Social work research conducts systematic studies through surveys and critical inquiries to understand social problems better.
Social welfare administration transforms social policies into actual services, determining who needs help and how to provide it. Social action brings about positive changes in defective systems.
The Generalist intervention model uses a multilevel approach covering micro, meso, and macro levels. It has seven crucial processes: engagement, assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, termination, and follow-up.
Key Process: The four most crucial stages are engagement (first welcoming interaction), assessment (gathering client information), intervention (planning and implementing), and evaluation (checking if goals were met).

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Assessment requires gathering accurate information from clients to develop effective strategies. You need clear goals and proof that the client's information is reliable before moving forward.
Intervention involves both planning and implementing solutions. The client should feel confident that the social worker can actually help them - this builds trust and cooperation.
Evaluation is crucial for determining whether goals have been met. This stage helps measure success and guides future interventions.
Success Tip: Each stage builds on the previous one - rushing through assessment will make intervention and evaluation much harder.

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Communication is about exchanging thoughts through messages to generate action, inform, and create understanding. It happens everywhere - in personal life with family and friends, social life at school and with peers, and business management.
Every communication has four key dimensions: the message (content), source (where it comes from), form and channel (the medium used), and destination (the receiver or target audience).
Communication barriers prevent achieving desired effects. Physical barriers include poor technology, equipment shortages, and outside noise. Ambiguous words create confusion when they sound the same but have different meanings.
Watch Out: System design faults like poor internet connections and attitudinal barriers from personal preferences can seriously mess up your message!

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Physiological barriers stem from physical health issues like poor eyesight or hearing problems. Individual linguistic barriers involve jargon, complex words, or colloquialisms that confuse your audience.
Communication happens on five levels. The energetic level (psychic level) involves unseen factors, while the verbal level includes the words we spend a lifetime trying to master.
Attitudinal barriers come from different viewpoints and preferences - people process information differently, with some wanting compressed details while others need everything spelled out.
Pro Tip: Understanding these barriers helps you adjust your communication style to reach different types of clients effectively.

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Our AI companion is specifically built for the needs of students. Based on the millions of content pieces we have on the platform we can provide truly meaningful and relevant answers to students. But its not only about answers, the companion is even more about guiding students through their daily learning challenges, with personalised study plans, quizzes or content pieces in the chat and 100% personalisation based on the students skills and developments.
You can download the app in the Google Play Store and in the Apple App Store.
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The app is very easy to use and well designed. I have found everything I was looking for so far and have been able to learn a lot from the presentations! I will definitely use the app for a class assignment! And of course it also helps a lot as an inspiration.
Stefan S
iOS user
This app is really great. There are so many study notes and help [...]. My problem subject is French, for example, and the app has so many options for help. Thanks to this app, I have improved my French. I would recommend it to anyone.
Samantha Klich
Android user
Wow, I am really amazed. I just tried the app because I've seen it advertised many times and was absolutely stunned. This app is THE HELP you want for school and above all, it offers so many things, such as workouts and fact sheets, which have been VERY helpful to me personally.
Anna
iOS user
I think it’s very much worth it and you’ll end up using it a lot once you get the hang of it and even after looking at others notes you can still ask your Artificial intelligence buddy the question and ask to simplify it if you still don’t get it!!! In the end I think it’s worth it 😊👍 ⚠️Also DID I MENTION ITS FREEE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING AND STILL GET YOUR GRADES IN PERFECTLY❗️❗️⚠️
Thomas R
iOS user
Knowunity is the BEST app I’ve used in a minute. This is not an ai review or anything this is genuinely coming from a 7th grade student (I know 2011 im young) but dude this app is a 10/10 i have maintained a 3.8 gpa and have plenty of time for gaming. I love it and my mom is just happy I got good grades
Brad T
Android user
Not only did it help me find the answer but it also showed me alternative ways to solve it. I was horrible in math and science but now I have an a in both subjects. Thanks for the help🤍🤍
David K
iOS user
The app's just great! All I have to do is enter the topic in the search bar and I get the response real fast. I don't have to watch 10 YouTube videos to understand something, so I'm saving my time. Highly recommended!
Sudenaz Ocak
Android user
In school I was really bad at maths but thanks to the app, I am doing better now. I am so grateful that you made the app.
Greenlight Bonnie
Android user
I found this app a couple years ago and it has only gotten better since then. I really love it because it can help with written questions and photo questions. Also, it can find study guides that other people have made as well as flashcard sets and practice tests. The free version is also amazing for students who might not be able to afford it. Would 100% recommend
Aubrey
iOS user
Best app if you're in Highschool or Junior high. I have been using this app for 2 school years and it's the best, it's good if you don't have anyone to help you with school work.😋🩷🎀
Marco B
iOS user
THE QUIZES AND FLASHCARDS ARE SO USEFUL AND I LOVE THE SCHOOLGPT. IT ALSO IS LITREALLY LIKE CHATGPT BUT SMARTER!! HELPED ME WITH MY MASCARA PROBLEMS TOO!! AS WELL AS MY REAL SUBJECTS ! DUHHH 😍😁😲🤑💗✨🎀😮
Elisha
iOS user
This app is phenomenal down to the correct info and the various topics you can study! I greatly recommend it for people who struggle with procrastination and those who need homework help. It has been perfectly accurate for world 1 history as far as I’ve seen! Geometry too!
Paul T
iOS user
The app is very easy to use and well designed. I have found everything I was looking for so far and have been able to learn a lot from the presentations! I will definitely use the app for a class assignment! And of course it also helps a lot as an inspiration.
Stefan S
iOS user
This app is really great. There are so many study notes and help [...]. My problem subject is French, for example, and the app has so many options for help. Thanks to this app, I have improved my French. I would recommend it to anyone.
Samantha Klich
Android user
Wow, I am really amazed. I just tried the app because I've seen it advertised many times and was absolutely stunned. This app is THE HELP you want for school and above all, it offers so many things, such as workouts and fact sheets, which have been VERY helpful to me personally.
Anna
iOS user
I think it’s very much worth it and you’ll end up using it a lot once you get the hang of it and even after looking at others notes you can still ask your Artificial intelligence buddy the question and ask to simplify it if you still don’t get it!!! In the end I think it’s worth it 😊👍 ⚠️Also DID I MENTION ITS FREEE YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY FOR ANYTHING AND STILL GET YOUR GRADES IN PERFECTLY❗️❗️⚠️
Thomas R
iOS user
Knowunity is the BEST app I’ve used in a minute. This is not an ai review or anything this is genuinely coming from a 7th grade student (I know 2011 im young) but dude this app is a 10/10 i have maintained a 3.8 gpa and have plenty of time for gaming. I love it and my mom is just happy I got good grades
Brad T
Android user
Not only did it help me find the answer but it also showed me alternative ways to solve it. I was horrible in math and science but now I have an a in both subjects. Thanks for the help🤍🤍
David K
iOS user
The app's just great! All I have to do is enter the topic in the search bar and I get the response real fast. I don't have to watch 10 YouTube videos to understand something, so I'm saving my time. Highly recommended!
Sudenaz Ocak
Android user
In school I was really bad at maths but thanks to the app, I am doing better now. I am so grateful that you made the app.
Greenlight Bonnie
Android user
I found this app a couple years ago and it has only gotten better since then. I really love it because it can help with written questions and photo questions. Also, it can find study guides that other people have made as well as flashcard sets and practice tests. The free version is also amazing for students who might not be able to afford it. Would 100% recommend
Aubrey
iOS user
Best app if you're in Highschool or Junior high. I have been using this app for 2 school years and it's the best, it's good if you don't have anyone to help you with school work.😋🩷🎀
Marco B
iOS user
THE QUIZES AND FLASHCARDS ARE SO USEFUL AND I LOVE THE SCHOOLGPT. IT ALSO IS LITREALLY LIKE CHATGPT BUT SMARTER!! HELPED ME WITH MY MASCARA PROBLEMS TOO!! AS WELL AS MY REAL SUBJECTS ! DUHHH 😍😁😲🤑💗✨🎀😮
Elisha
iOS user
This app is phenomenal down to the correct info and the various topics you can study! I greatly recommend it for people who struggle with procrastination and those who need homework help. It has been perfectly accurate for world 1 history as far as I’ve seen! Geometry too!
Paul T
iOS user