Social Work and Counselling Professionals

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On the International Labour Organization's 2025 global study, the 11 task statements that define Social Work and Counselling Professionals (ISCO-08 2635) score an average of 0.28 on a 0–1 exposure scale — more exposed than about 53% of the 427 placed occupations. Roughly 0% of its tasks fall somewhere on the exposed part of the gradient, and the typical task lands in the Not exposed band.

Exposure is task overlap, not a verdict. A high score means a generative-AI model can do part of the content of these tasks — it says nothing about whether the work is automated, whether anyone uses AI for it today, or whether jobs are lost. The gradient is scored on the international ISCO-08 system; the rest of Singulariki is U.S. O*NET/SOC, bridged below by an approximate, many-to-many crosswalk.

How its tasks split across the gradient

Each of the 11 scored tasks for this occupation, sorted into the six exposure bands — cool (human ground) to hot (almost fully assistable).

The most-exposed task

“Compiling case records or reports for courts and other legal proceedings;”

Scores 0.46 on the 2025 scale. The task of compiling case records or reports for courts and other legal proceedings involves processing, organizing, and presenting factual data, tasks where Generative AI can assist significantly through automation of document creation, data extraction, and initial report generation. Semantically similar tasks, like "Maintaining documentation on a convicted person" and "Preparing opinions, certificates, rulings, and applications for judiciary purposes," received automation scores around 0.375 to 0.375, reflecting AI's effectiveness in managing structured data. However, similar to these tasks, compiling legal records also requires human oversight to ensure accuracy, contextual understanding, and compliance with legal standards, limiting full automation. Given the high-income country context such as Poland, where digital tools are prevalent, the potential for AI to optimize parts of the task while needing human expertise for final review justifies a slightly higher score of 0.46. This score acknowledges the supportive role of AI in streamlining documentation processes while emphasizing necessary human intervention for the complex interpretation and legal compliance aspects.

Moving fastest, 2023 → 2025

“Acting as advocates for client groups in the community and lobbying for solutions to problems affecting them;”

Model capability on this task changed by +0.11 in two years — the gradient is not static, it is filling in.

U.S. occupations this maps to

The American O*NET/SOC roles that crosswalk to ISCO-08 2635, biggest by employment first, via the published (approximate, many-to-many) IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 correspondence. These are the closest U.S. matches — not an asserted one-to-one identity.

• Child, Family, and School Social Workers
• Healthcare Social Workers
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
• Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
• Rehabilitation Counselors
• Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Social Workers, All Other

In context

Part of the 2 - Professionals major group. Return to the full gradient to see how the whole group sits.

Social Work and Counselling Professionals sit at the 53rd percentile of the global GenAI exposure gradient

• Across 427 international occupations scored by the ILO, Social Work and Counselling Professionals rank in the 53rd percentile for GenAI task exposure — overlap with what generative AI can attempt, not a projection of displacement. (ILO / Gmyrek et al. (2025) GenAI exposure gradient)
• About 0% of this occupation's tasks fall into an exposed gradient band. (ILO / Gmyrek et al. (2025))
• Mean task exposure fell by 0.01 between the 2023 and 2025 model-capability snapshots. (ILO / Gmyrek et al. (2025), 2023→2025)
• Its most-exposed task: "Compiling case records or reports for courts and other legal proceedings;". (ILO / Gmyrek et al. (2025))

Source: Singulariki — "Social Work and Counselling Professionals". https://singulariki.com/gradient/2635-social-work-and-counselling-professionals.html
Note: AI task overlap measures what today's AI can attempt, not automation, job loss, or a forecast.