The tasks · Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social WorkersSOC 21-1023.00
Research, documentation, and record-keepingWhat can do this →
88% · agentMostly automatable
Develop and modify treatment plansWhat can do this →
78% · agentMostly automatable
Collect client information and conduct assessmentsWhat can do this →
75% · agentMostly automatable
Monitor and evaluate client treatment progressWhat can do this →
64% · agentPartly automatable
Counsel clients on substance abuse and mental health issuesWhat can do this →
42% · you keepPartly automatable
Lead community education programs and workshopsWhat can do this →
18% · you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents · 2 need no setup
Clinical documentation agent
Patient electronic medical record EMR software · Microsoft Word · Client records software
Needs Patient electronic medical record EMR software
Progress monitoring agent
Client records software · Microsoft Excel · Database software
Needs Client records software
Treatment planning agent
Microsoft Word · Patient electronic medical record EMR software · Docs
● No integration needed
Assessment and intake agent
Client records software · Microsoft Word · Database software
● No integration needed
You keep this
Provide direct therapeutic counseling and crisis intervention requiring human empathy and clinical judgmentMake final clinical decisions on treatment modifications and patient safetyBuild and maintain therapeutic relationships of trust with vulnerable clientsLead in-person community workshops and support groups
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
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The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
