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Advocate for individual or community needs

This depends on human connection: empathy, trust, being physically present and responding to someone in real time. People can tell the difference.

Part of Advocate for individual or community needs, under the O*NET work activity group Selling or Influencing Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 2 AI-assist, 6 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Advocate for accessible health care that minimizes environmental health risks.Stays human Nurse Practitioners
• 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.Stays human Child, Family, and School Social Workers
• Act as liaisons between clients and medical staff.Stays human Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
• Act as an advocate for farmers or farmers' groups.Stays human Farm and Home Management Educators
• Advocate for individual or community health needs with government agencies or health service providers.Stays human Community Health Workers

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Teach self-advocacy skills to clients.AI-assist Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
• Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.Stays human Mental Health Counselors
• Serve on policy-making committees, assist in community development, and assist client groups by lobbying for solutions to problems.AI-assist Child, Family, and School Social Workers