Child, Family, and School Social Workers

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Collect supplementary information needed to assist client, such as employment records, medical records, or school reports.69

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Place children in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, or medical treatment centers.57
• Maintain case history records and prepare reports.56
• Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.54

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

• Lead group counseling sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, or chemical dependency.22
• Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.29
• Supervise other social workers.30

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 43 puts Child, Family, and School Social Workers in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 1 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 14 augmentable, and 5 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: adopt AI deliberately on the augmentable tasks and build visible evidence of the durable ones.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Labor-market context

• $59,550median wage
• 392,550employed
• 35,100annual openings
• +3.4%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• Healthcare Social Workers 37
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 39
• Rehabilitation Counselors 50
• Social and Human Service Assistants 55
• Social and Community Service Managers 56
• Community Health Workers 45

FAQ — Child, Family, and School Social Workers

What does a score of 43 mean for a Child, Family, and School Social Workers?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 43 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the second quartile of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Collect supplementary information needed to assist client, such as employment records, medical records, or school reports. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Lead group counseling sessions that provide support in such areas as grief, stress, or chemical dependency; Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services; Supervise other social workers. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.