Written for social care
Every example, scenario and quiz question comes from real social care practice. Adults and children's tracks.
AI does not just reproduce bias. It amplifies it, hides it, and makes it harder to challenge.
The two areas practitioners tell us they need most are AOP and safeguarding.
Every example, scenario and quiz question comes from real social care practice. Adults and children's tracks.
Data protection, bias, consent and safeguarding are woven through every module, not bolted on as an afterthought.
The VERA:H prompt sandbox lets your team practise writing prompts and get feedback in a safe environment.
Org admin dashboard shows completion rates, quiz scores and CPD evidence. Export-ready for CQC and Ofsted.
From February 2025 under Article 4 of the EU AI Act, and in parallel under the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. The wider AI Act regime applies from 2 August 2026.
Read the full briefingSocial workers, support workers and care staff who want to use AI safely and effectively in their daily practice.
Supervisors and managers who need to oversee AI use, set expectations and review AI-assisted outputs.
Directors, registered managers and board members who need governance frameworks and compliance assurance.
A two-month structured pilot for safe AI implementation in regulated social care services. Currently available for Local Authorities and social care organisations.
An enhanced tier adds a leadership workshop. Pricing is shared on a discovery call: every cohort is tailored. Offer ends 31 August 2026.
Beyond the pilot, please contact me for a quote.
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Structured case note writing and analysis prompts.
Guided prompts for robust, rights-based assessments.
Supervision prep, reflective prompts and session summaries.
Coherent, evidence-based drafting for care proceedings and hearings.
Timeline extraction and chronology building prompts.
Person-centred care planning and review frameworks.
Safe, bias-aware information retrieval and summaries.
Child-focused single assessment prompts and frameworks.
Structured reflective practice and learning prompts.
Mental Capacity Act templates and decision support prompts.
Use your structured case notes to complete the sections below.
01ROLE 02You are helping a UK social work practitioner with a case note 03from their own observation. You are not the author. The 04practitioner remains accountable for the final record. 05 06TASK 07Draft and refine. Ensure it is factual, concise and fit for purpose. 08 09RULES 10What the practitioner saw. One or two sentences. 11 12ANALYSIS 13The practitioner's professional judgement. Use subheadings when 14it helps. 15 16NEXT STEPS 17Only what was explicitly asked by the practitioner. 18Do not infer. 19 20RULES 21• Do not invent details. If something is unknown, write 'not known'. 22• Do not soften language. Keep the practitioner's words. 23• Distinguish what was observed from what was inferred. 24• Use UK English. No emojis, no summaries, concise sentences.Practitioner notes are below. Return only the formatted case note.
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No. The standard curriculum is built around social work practice, but we design custom modules and prompt packs according to your use case. We work with the wider social care sector: fostering, residential care, mental health, education welfare, supported living and more.
Yes. All seven modules are CPD-aligned and map to the BASW Code of Ethics for Social Work in England, SWE Professional Standards (1, 3, 4 and 6), and the Oxford Project Pledge for Responsible AI in Social Care. Six modules are designed for every practitioner; Module 5 (Governance, Quality and Practice Leadership / CLARI:TEA) is the senior leadership module. Completion records and quiz scores export from the org admin dashboard as CPD evidence.
The five core modules are 25 to 35 minutes each. The two flagship modules, Anti-Oppressive AI Practice and Safeguarding with AI, are 90 minutes each. Most teams complete one module per fortnight as part of a learning programme alongside team supervision.
Yes. The pilot partnership offer is a two-month structured pilot for safe AI implementation in regulated social care services. Each pilot includes access for up to 15 staff, three TESSA Train modules, learner analytics, CPD certificates, a leadership onboarding session, and a written evaluation report. An enhanced tier adds a leadership workshop. Pricing is shared on a discovery call so we can tailor the cohort to your service area. Applications close 31 August 2026.
Social workers should write prompts that anchor the AI in the practitioner's professional judgement, not the other way round. The TESSA Training framework VERA:H stands for Voice, Evidence, Reasoning, Attribution and the Human anchor. Each prompt names who is in the room, what evidence is on the file, what reasoning is being applied, who is accountable for the output, and where the human practitioner stays in control.
The flagship modules use VERA:H against real social care scenarios such as case notes, chronologies, assessments and supervision summaries, so the prompting habits become muscle memory rather than abstract theory.
It addresses the AI literacy duty already in force under Article 4 of the EU AI Act (February 2025) and the meaningful-human-involvement requirement under the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. From 2 August 2026 the wider EU AI Act regime applies.
TESSA Training is not a legal compliance product, but it is designed around the obligations social care providers actually carry. Many of our learners use the training as part of their evidence that AI literacy is being maintained across the workforce.
Yes. The prompt packs and sandbox exercises are tuned to whatever Copilot or LLM environment your team already uses. We do not require you to switch tools or buy anything additional.
Yes. Beyond the seven standard modules we design bespoke training and prompt packs for the specific work your team does: case notes, court reports, chronologies, single assessments, supervision, MCA templates and Care Act planning. Every build is aligned to the VERA:H framework.
Yes. Module 4 (AI in Daily Practice) has track-specific paths for adults and children's. Module 7 (Safeguarding with AI) leads on children's safeguarding under Working Together 2026 and section 47, with adults' safeguarding under the Care Act as a secondary thread.
Yes. Each module ends with a knowledge check. Once a learner passes both flagship quizzes they earn a TESSA Training certificate. The org admin dashboard exports completion records, quiz scores and CPD evidence in a format ready for CQC and Ofsted.
Modules are reviewed twice yearly and updated in response to legislation, policy and emerging AI risk.