Workplace Culture & Compliance
Safe and Appropriate Use of AI
AI is already in everyday use across social care, and used well it takes some of the weight of paperwork off staff so they can be present with the children. Used badly it breaches a child's privacy, puts fabricated detail into a record, or quietly replaces the professional judgement that keeps children safe.
This course takes a balanced, practical line: what these tools are, what you may and may not put into them, and why every AI-assisted record still has your name and your accountability on it.
At a glance
What this course covers
- Explain what generative AI is, recognise the tools you will actually encounter, and check whether a tool is approved before using it.
- Protect children's information under data protection law, including what must never be entered into a public chatbot and the purpose of a DPIA.
- Identify hallucinations and bias in AI output, and apply a habit of checking every AI-assisted record before it is filed.
- Respond to the safeguarding risks AI creates for children, including sexually explicit deepfakes and emotional over-reliance on companion chatbots.
Who it is for
Residential support workers, senior support workers, team leaders and Registered Managers working in children's homes.
How it works in Nest Learn
This course is included with Nest Learn
Along with over 30 others, plus the tools to assign, track, evidence and report staff training across every Home.