Making the Most of AI for Social Workers (May 2025)

Capability Levels: All Capabilities



Learn how to use AI to quickly and easily improve the quality of your writing. Whether you are a beginner or professional, this course is designed to provide you with practical skills to break through writer's block, refine your language choices, and convey your ideas with clarity and confidence. Don't miss out on this chance to transform your writing challenges into strengths that significantly enhance your professional impact.

Who should attend?

This workshop will be for Social Workers or any health care professionals who are seeking to enhance their written communication skills. Whether you are looking to enhance your pre-existing skill set or you are aiming to build off of your foundational skills, this event will cover all the bases.

Event Structure:

Introduction

Learning Lesson 1: Introduction to AI writing tools (15 mins)

• Overview of how generative AI works

• Impact on business, communications and life

• Ethics (use, transparency etc)

• Why it’s not going to replace humans (who learn to use it properly for work)

Learning Lesson 2: Exploring+ Understanding ChatGPT/other free AI tools (40 mins)

• All the amazing features, capabilities and opportunities for social workers

• ChatGPT 3.5 vs 4o (and free vs paid)

• Limitations, hallucinations, biases, privacy and considerations for social worker

• Free AI tools like Co-Pilot and Gemini you can use alongside ChatGPT

Learning Lesson 3 - Power prompts for better responses (40 mins)

• How to create professional level prompts (to get quality results, not rubbish)

• The secret ingredients: modifiers and frameworks

• The four invaluable modes of ChatGPT

Learning Lesson 4: Getting Persu-AI-sive with words (30 mins)

• Think and prompt like a copywriter (formulas, hooks)

• Creating an audience persona with ChatGPT

• Matching your tone of voice with ChatGPT

Learning Lesson 5: Applying AI to your Social Work needs (60 mins)

• Brainstorming, creating and improving writing such as

client communications, marketing content, reports and articles

• Productivity prompts to help you automate time consuming and energy-sapping work

Q&A and Conclusion

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Competently and confidently use AI for a wide range of social worker business and communications needs

• Brainstorm ideas, strategies and creative concepts that can be applied to your work and clients

• Formulate unique, compelling outlines, drafts and finished social posts, articles, reports and more.

• Devise engaging calls-to-action that lift conversations eg. Calls,sign-ups, and purchases

This Workshop is not recorded, however, you will have access to materials and resources on AASW Online Learning for 4 weeks after the completion of the workshop.