Ethical Use of AI in Social Work Course Online: 2.5 Social Work CPD Hours
Reflective Practice, Ethical Use of AI and Your Learning Plan is a practical, self-paced CPD course for social workers and social service workers across Canada. Reflective practice, judgment and bias, evidence, how AI works, privacy and ethics with AI, documentation and your learning plan. It has nine narrated lessons and a 36-question final exam. Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
Reflective Practice, Ethical Use of AI and Your Learning Plan at a glance
| Detail | Summary |
|---|---|
| Credit | 2.5 instructional hours. Not accredited or approved by any regulator. |
| Format | Online, self-paced: nine narrated lessons (about 174 minutes), exercises, workbook |
| Completion | Pass the 36-question final exam at 80 percent |
| Documentation | Certificate with course title, completion date and 2.5 hours |
| Focus areas | Reflective Practice; Ethical Use of Technology; Professional Development |
| Level | Professional: registered social workers, social service workers, students and new graduates |
| Price | $39 CAD, or the complete pack of 18 courses for $299 |
What you will learn in this ethical use of AI in social work course
- Explain reflective practice and reflexivity and why they matter.
- Describe fast and slow thinking in professional judgment.
- Explain evidence-informed practice and its parts.
- Explain in plain language how generative AI works and what it does not do.
- Apply Canadian privacy principles to AI tools.
- Apply the CASW Code of Ethics values to AI use.
- Apply a simple traffic-light approach to AI use.
- Complete a simple self-assessment of strengths and learning needs.
- Reflect on a practice event using a structured model.
Ethical Use of AI in Social Work course curriculum: nine lessons built around real situations
Short narrated lessons with worked examples and practice pauses, each closing with a knowledge check. Slides and a transcript are included for every lesson.
Lesson 1: Learning from your own work
Lesson 2: Thinking well when stakes are high
Lesson 3: Using what works, with whom, and why
Lesson 4: Understanding the tools before using them
Lesson 5: Protecting clients in a data hungry world
Lesson 6: Bringing the Code of Ethics into the age of AI
Lesson 7: Practical workflows, with guardrails
Lesson 8: Owning your professional development
Lesson 9: Bringing it together
Ethical Use of AI in Social Work course: 2.5 online CPD hours for Canadian social workers
The course counts as 2.5 instructional hours. Complete every lesson, pass the final exam, download your certificate, and enter the activity in your regulator’s CPD record yourself. Keep the certificate and your notes as evidence.
Built to align with Canadian social work regulators’ CPD requirements for self-directed learning. Every course gives you what you submit for your CPD record: a certificate with your name, the provider, course title, completion date and CPD hours, plus the course outline, learning outcomes and your exam result.
The complete pack gives you all 18 courses and 54 CPD hours with a certificate for each, for $299 CAD. Bought one at a time they would cost $702.
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Ethical Use of AI in Social Work course: common questions
Curriculum
- 10 Sections
- 9 Lessons
- Lifetime
- Lesson 1: Learning from your own work2 Items
- Lesson 2: Thinking well when stakes are high2 Items
- Lesson 3: Using what works, with whom, and why2 Items
- Lesson 4: Understanding the tools before using them2 Items
- Lesson 5: Protecting clients in a data hungry world2 Items
- Lesson 6: Bringing the Code of Ethics into the age of AI2 Items
- Lesson 7: Practical workflows, with guardrails2 Items
- Lesson 8: Owning your professional development2 Items
- Lesson 9: Bringing it together2 Items
- Final Exam and Certificate1 Item