social worker

Social workers are practice-based professionals who promote social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. They interact with individuals, families, groups, organisations and communities in order to provide various forms of therapy and counselling, group work, and community work.

The most in-demand skills for this role include social work theory, legal requirements in the social sector, social sciences, immigration law, adolescent psychological development, migration. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives social worker a score of 0.45 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.