Will AI replace Healthcare Social Workers?
Estimated risk score: 42 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (23 to 61).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 17 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 21-1022.00 · Community and Social Service
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 1 of its 17 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Oversee Medicaid- and Medicare-related paperwork and recordkeeping in hospitals.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 6 of its 17 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Advocate for clients or patients to resolve crises.
- Counsel clients and patients in individual and group sessions to help them overcome dependencies, recover from illness, and adjust to life.
- Educate clients about end-of-life symptoms and options to assist them in making informed decisions.
- Organize support groups or counsel family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting the client or patient.
- Supervise and direct other workers providing services to clients or patients.
- Investigate child abuse or neglect cases and take authorized protective action when necessary.
What the job is
Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers. Provide patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. May also provide case and care management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.
Also called: Hospice Social Worker, Medical Social Worker, LISW, C-SWHC, AIDS Social Worker, Disability Advocate, Group Social Worker, Healthcare Advocate.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Community and Social Service). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate