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My name is Jake L. Thomas. I am a full-time social worker and a part-time no-code web developer and AI automation freelancer.​

For over five years, I have served NGOs and Local Social Welfare and Development Offices (LSWDOs) as a direct development practitioner and technical assistance provider.

The Struggles We Face

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Bilang isang social worker na tulad mo, naranasan ko na rin matambakan, mag-uwi ng trabaho, at madelay sa pagsusulat ng case studies ng mga client. Through constant learning and practice, I was able to write faster. Ngunit dahil hindi ako native speaker ng English, madalas akong nagkakaroon ng writer's block. It also came to a point nung nasa direct practice pa ako na maging one-man-team ng iba't ibang projects. As a result, naset-aside muna ang case studies na tapusin dahil sa patong-patong na trabaho.

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Dumating din sa point ng aking trabaho na mapagod magsulat ng case studies. Maliban sa ito'y marami, paulit-ulit, at nauubos ang oras na sana nai-aallocate pa sa ibang gawain. For countless times, naranasan ko rin magpuyat dahil sa mga case studies na kailangang i-review at i-revise dahil mali-mali. Kaysa ibalik at matapos na, ginawa ko na lang.

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Akala ko noon ako lang ang nakakaranas ng ganitong problema, not until nagtrabaho ako sa regional office ng leading social welfare and development program implementer sa bansa. My work allowed me to visit hundreds of LSWDOs, and I realized marami din pala ang nakakaranas ng ganitong problema. Dahil din dito, yung iba napa-retire na ng maaga. Yung iba, nag-resign na dahil tedious na rin daw.

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Hindi man sana problema ang pagsusulat ng case study, and a social worker shouldn’t complain about it because this is our job bilang isang social worker. But for valid reasons, hindi lang din naman ito ang work natin, and if isa ka sa maraming tungkulin na worker sa inyong office, someone should be assigned to focus on it. Right? Yun nga lang, kung di ka pinagpala kagaya ng iba na marami ang kasama, you have no choice but to do it.

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The Need for Modern Solutions

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Thank God, marami ang efforts na nangyayari to address these gaps at marahil isa ka na din sa mga nakapag-attend ng mga trainings conducted by different agencies. But come to think of it, while these interventions are noble and helpful in supercharging our capacities, the problem stays the same - ikaw pa rin ang nagsusulat. Ikaw lang at si Grammarly na taga-check ng grammar at Quillbot na taga-paraphrase mo ang katuwang mo. Di naiiwasan, naiuuwi mo pa rin ang work mo; if not, you’re extending time to complete your writing task.

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Many professionals in the social development sector would agree na hiring of additional social workers ang sagot sa ganitong solution, which I strongly agree with! Tama, the more, the easier! (in some contexts lang). Ngunit dahil na-hit ng office or department ninyo ang personnel services (PS) ceiling, di na pwede mag-hire. Dagdag mo pa jan, di pa graduate yung social worker na anak or kamag-anak ni politiko kaya di pa pwede mag-hire ng kasama mo!

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Haaay! Ka-stress!

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Finding the Answer

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I told myself, there should be a modern solution to this! I thought, "If there are web apps like Grammarly and Quillbot that can help users improve written output, then there should be a tool out there na pwede mag-generate ng content." Back then, di ko pa alam about AIs.

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On the verge of exploring modern solutions, ChatGPT was introduced to me. Nagulat ako dahil para siyang taong nakikipag-usap! Sabi ko, "If pwede mo kausapin ang  machine and design it to write you something better than a professional, then this could be the answer."

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I got excited. I have spent countless hours at night and weekends learning about Large Language Models (LLMs) / chatbots, and Generative AIs.

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I learned prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and GPT customization, and tested how Large Language Models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude AI can assist social workers and employees in generating written outputs like proposals, reports, and clients' case studies.

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Our Achievements

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After sleepless nights of study, testing, and refinement, I was able to:

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• 1. Develop effective methods to create powerful instructions that transform AI into the professional expert we need, producing human-like outputs.

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• 2. Adopt and enhance applicable techniques to structure and utilize data as the AI's knowledge base, ensuring the AI processes and generates precise information, eliminating hallucinations and irrelevant content.

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• 3. Identify powerful platforms to build your AI-powered solutions, offering both no-cost and premium options.

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These methods, techniques, and platforms have helped me and other social workers find ease not just in their case study writing but in their work's documentations. From long hours of writing, case studies were professionally and expertly crafted in less than a minute.

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Your Opportunity

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This is not a secret, actually, and you can learn it from the internet. However, if gagawin mo yan, you need three months of learning, allotting at least 4 hours daily. You also need at least Php. 15,000 to access premium templates, materials, and training. Lastly, you need to exert extra effort to build the tools yourself, test it, document the results, and refine it until it becomes functional.

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You can be successful with the right tools, resources, and extra effort. Ang tanong, meron ka ba nun? Di ba marami kang deliverables?

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You don't have to add stress to your work when you can have people, who’ve gone through the process, help you solve your problem.

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I believe that with the power of technology in this century, every social worker deserves valuable time to learn and upgrade their skills, spend quality time with their families, and deliver excellent services to clients through close engagement—without the hassle of spending countless hours on paperwork.

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Ang tanong, gusto mo ba?