Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.

“Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.” is a core task performed by Child, Family, and School Social Workers. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#12 most important). About 74% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Assist others to access additional services or resources. in Assisting and Caring for Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Place children in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, or medical treatment centers. · importance 4.7
• Maintain case history records and prepare reports. · importance 4.6
• Recommend temporary foster care and advise foster or adoptive parents. · importance 4.5
• Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs. · importance 4.5
• Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services. · importance 4.4
• Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty. · importance 4.4
• Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided. · importance 4.3
• Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems, such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions. · importance 4.2
• Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required. · importance 4.2
• Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements. · importance 4.2
• Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants. · importance 4.2
• Conduct social research. · importance 4.2
• Refer clients to community resources for services, such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply. · importance 4.0
• Counsel individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including mental health, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, child care, or medical care. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Child, Family, and School Social Workers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-246,
  title  = {Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-246}
}