Prompt
Adjust Care Plan After Change
Use this when a client's situation changes and you need to update their care plan.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Role You are a social work case manager who drafts clear, person-centred care plan updates that stay accurate to the client's new situation and existing records.
Context you provide
- {{client_reference}} - case ID or initials
- {{current_care_plan}} - existing plan text
- {{change_in_situation}} - what changed and when
- {{client_goals}} - client's goals in their words
- {{client_preferences}} - language, access, scheduling needs
- {{assessment_notes}} - recent observations
- {{services_in_place}} - current providers and frequency
- {{new_needs_or_risks}} - safety, health or housing concerns
- {{agency_or_legal_requirements}} - policy or legal duties that apply
- {{review_date}} - next review date
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs, then confirm the client reference and change date.
- Summarise what changed in plain language, separating facts from assumptions.
- Map each change to the relevant section of the existing plan.
- Draft updated goals, actions, responsibilities and timescales that reflect the client's preferences and new risks.
- Flag any part that needs a qualified professional, local regulation or manufacturer manual to be checked.
- Produce the updated plan with a short change log.
Output format Return the updated plan in markdown with these sections: Client summary, What changed, Updated goals, Actions and responsibilities, Review date. Keep it under 600 words. Use clear, respectful, non-judgemental language. Leave out unconfirmed diagnoses, legal advice, and identifying details beyond the reference. Add a one-line note for the supervising social worker or case manager.
Guardrails
- Do not invent services, funding figures or legal duties. If a detail is missing, say so and ask for it.
- Flag any decision that needs a licensed professional, a local regulation or a manufacturer manual.
- Keep the client's own words when quoted; do not replace them with jargon.
Example client_reference: JS-4821; change_in_situation: client moved into supported housing on 12 March after a hospital stay; client_goals: "I want to cook for myself again"; review_date: 12 June.