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Community & Social Services · Updated Aug 2026

Social and Human Service Assistants

Assist other social and human service providers in providing client services in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, or social work, including support for families. May assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services. May assist social workers with developing, organizing, and conducting programs to prevent and resolve problems relevant to substance abuse, human relationships, rehabilitation, or dependent care.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
67/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
59/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage82%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Assess clients' cognitive abilities and physical and emotional needs to determine appropriate interventions.High
71
Oversee day-to-day group activities of residents in institution.High
73
Keep records or prepare reports for owner or management concerning visits with clients.Medium
73
Develop and implement behavioral management and care plans for clients.High
72
Visit individuals in homes or attend group meetings to provide information on agency services, requirements, or procedures.Medium
73
Provide information or refer individuals to public or private agencies or community services for assistance.Medium
73
Advise clients regarding food stamps, child care, food, money management, sanitation, or housekeeping.Medium
70
Interview individuals or family members to compile information on social, educational, criminal, institutional, or drug history.Medium
61
Consult with supervisor concerning programs for individual families.Medium
73
Explain rules established by owner or management, such as sanitation or maintenance requirements or parking regulations.Medium
72
Observe clients' food selections and recommend alternate economical and nutritional food choices.Medium
54
Assist clients with preparation of forms, such as tax or rent forms.Medium
62
Inform tenants of facilities, such as laundries or playgrounds.Low
73
Assist in planning food budgets, using charts or sample budgets.Medium
55
Observe and discuss meal preparation and suggest alternate methods of food preparation.Medium
33
Transport and accompany clients to shopping areas or to appointments, using automobile.Medium
26
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Oversee day-to-day group activities of residents in institution.73
  2. Keep records or prepare reports for owner or management concerning visits with clients.73
  3. Visit individuals in homes or attend group meetings to provide information on agency services, requirements, or procedures.73
  4. Provide information or refer individuals to public or private agencies or community services for assistance.73
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Transport and accompany clients to shopping areas or to appointments, using automobile.01
  2. Observe and discuss meal preparation and suggest alternate methods of food preparation.02
  3. Oversee day-to-day group activities of residents in institution.03
  4. Visit individuals in homes or attend group meetings to provide information on agency services, requirements, or procedures.04
  5. Provide information or refer individuals to public or private agencies or community services for assistance.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency63
Physical dependency34
Adoption pressure56
Labour-market resilience61
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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