Webinars
Live AI training for social care practitioners
Free, practical sessions designed for busy professionals. No jargon, no assumptions. Just what you need to use AI safely and confidently in your practice.
Wednesday 8th April 2026 · 12:00 – 13:00 (BST)
A practical, plain-English introduction to artificial intelligence for social care practitioners. No prior AI knowledge needed. This 60-minute session covers everything you need to understand what AI is, what it cannot do, and how to use it safely in your practice.
Free. Online. Limited places.
This session is built from real practice scenarios and evidence-based research, not slides full of buzzwords.
Whether you have never used AI or you are already experimenting, this session gives you the foundation to use it with confidence and caution.
Social Workers
Adult and children's services
Team Managers
Practice leads and supervisors
Principal Social Workers
Workforce development leads
Anyone in Social Care
Who wants a jargon-free starting point
Nadia is a registered social worker, Professional Doctorate researcher at Nottingham Trent University, and founder of TESSA Tools.
Her doctoral research focuses on how AI is changing the way social workers write assessments. She brings frontline experience, academic rigour, and a practitioner-first approach to every session.
This is training from someone who has been in your shoes, not a tech company selling you software.
We are building a series of webinars that takes you from the basics to confident, ethical AI use. Start with AI 101 and progress at your own pace.
The fundamentals. What AI is, how it works, risks, data protection, and practical use in social care. No prior AI knowledge needed.
Register for freePrompt engineering, DPIAs, governance frameworks, and building AI workflows for your team.
Commissioning AI tools, staff training strategy, CQC and Ofsted readiness, and organisational governance.
Not at all. This session is designed for people with little to no knowledge of AI. We start from scratch and explain everything in plain English. If you can use email and the internet, you have all the technical knowledge you need.
Yes. AI 101 is completely free. No upsell during the session. We run it because we believe every social care practitioner deserves access to AI training, not just those whose organisations can afford it.
Yes. Everyone who registers will receive a link to the recording and the slides after the session, whether you attend live or not.
60 minutes, including time for questions. We keep it focused and practical so you can fit it into your lunch break.
Please do. The more practitioners who understand AI fundamentals, the safer the whole sector becomes. Each person just needs to register individually so we can send them the materials.
Yes. Our full AI 101 self-paced course covers the same material and is available on the Resources page right now, for free. You can work through it at your own pace, anytime.
If you are already confident explaining hallucinations, context windows, and data protection rules to a colleague, you might want to wait for the Intermediate session. If any of those terms are new to you, AI 101 is the right starting point.
Register for the next AI 101 session. Free, online, and designed for busy social care practitioners.
Register for freeQuestions? Email hello@tessa-tools.org