Develop and maintain relationships with community referral sources, such as schools or community groups.

“Develop and maintain relationships with community referral sources, such as schools or community groups.” is a core task performed by Rehabilitation Counselors. Among the occupation's 17 rated tasks, workers place it 9th by importance (#9 most important). About 96% 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.

• Develop professional relationships or networks. in Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

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 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Prepare and maintain records and case files, including documentation, such as clients' personal and eligibility information, services provided, narratives of client contacts, or relevant correspondence. · importance 4.4
• Confer with clients to discuss their options and goals so that rehabilitation programs and plans for accessing needed services can be developed. · importance 4.4
• Develop rehabilitation plans that fit clients' aptitudes, education levels, physical abilities, and career goals. · importance 4.4
• Locate barriers to client employment, such as inaccessible work sites, inflexible schedules, or transportation problems, and work with clients to develop strategies for overcoming these barriers. · importance 4.4
• Monitor and record clients' progress to ensure that goals and objectives are met. · importance 4.3
• Participate in job development and placement programs, contacting prospective employers, placing clients in jobs, and evaluating the success of placements. · importance 4.2
• Analyze information from interviews, educational and medical records, consultation with other professionals, and diagnostic evaluations to assess clients' abilities, needs, and eligibility for services. · importance 4.2
• Collaborate with clients' families to implement rehabilitation plans, such as behavioral, residential, social, or employment goals. · importance 4.2
• Maintain close contact with clients during job training and placements to resolve problems and evaluate placement adequacy. · importance 4.1
• Arrange for on-site job coaching or assistive devices, such as specially equipped wheelchairs, to help clients adapt to work or school environments. · importance 4.0
• Arrange for physical, mental, academic, vocational, and other evaluations to obtain information for assessing clients' needs and developing rehabilitation plans. · importance 3.9
• Confer with physicians, psychologists, occupational therapists, and other professionals to develop and implement client rehabilitation programs. · importance 3.9
• Manage budgets and direct case service allocations, authorizing expenditures and payments. · importance 3.9
• Supervise rehabilitation counselors and staff. · importance 3.9

See all tasks on the Rehabilitation Counselors 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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-9207,
  title  = {Develop and maintain relationships with community referral sources, such as schools or community groups.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-9207}
}