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Artificial Intelligence in Social Work: Emerging Ethical and Risk Management Issues

FRIDAY, September 26, 2025
10:00 am ��� 12:00 pm (eastern time)
Live Webinar on Zoom
(You will need to register to receive login information)

Registration: 2 CEU Credit Hours
General:  Through Sept.16: $50; Sept. 17-25: $60
Wurzweiler Alumni and Current WSSW Field Instructors: Through Sept.16: $40; Sept. 17-25: $50
All Current Students: $15

Registration closes on 09/25/25 at 5:00 Eastern Time (EST)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly prevalent in social work. AI is being used to conduct client risk assessments; assist people in crisis; provide resources; strengthen prevention efforts; document clinical services; supervise practitioners; identify systemic biases in the delivery of social services; provide social work education; and predict social worker burnout and service outcomes, among other uses.

This program will examine cutting-edge ethical issues related to social workers��� use of AI; apply relevant ethical standards; and outline key elements of a strategy for social workers��� ethical use of AI. 

Renowned social work ethicist Dr. Frederic Reamer will examine ethical issues and risks related to informed consent and client autonomy; privacy and confidentiality; transparency; potential client misdiagnosis; client abandonment; client surveillance; plagiarism, dishonesty, fraud, and misrepresentation; algorithmic bias and unfairness; and the use of evidence-based AI tools.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the ways in which artificial intelligence is being used in social work.
2. Identify ethical issues and challenges associated with the use of artificial intelligence in social work.
3. Apply social work ethics standards to protect clients and practitioners.

Presenter 

Frederic G. Reamer, PhD has been on the faculty of the School of Social Work, Rhode Island College since 1983. His teaching and research focus on professional ethics, criminal justice, mental health, health care, and public policy. 

Dr. Reamer received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has served as a social worker in correctional and mental health settings. He chaired the national task force that wrote the Code of Ethics adopted by the National Association of Social Workers and served on the code revision task force. 

Dr. Reamer also chaired the national task force sponsored by NASW and other social work organizations that developed standards governing social workers��� use of technology in professional practice. He has lectured nationally and internationally on social work and professional ethics. 

His books include Artificial Intelligence in the Behavioral Health Professions: Ethical and Risk Management Issues; Risk Management in the Behavioral Health Professions: A Practical Guide to Preventing Malpractice and Licensing-Board Complaints; and Boundary Issues and Dual Relationships in the Human Services. Dr. Reamer has served as an expert witness in many court and licensing board cases. 

In 2016, Dr. Reamer was named a Social Work Pioneer by NASW for his "commitment and dedication to the social work profession and to the improvement of social and human conditions."

Podcast

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