Job prospects Mental Health Worker in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in Manitoba for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• A growing number of newcomers to Manitoba will require community integration services provided by social and community services workers. Manitoba increased the capacity of its provincial nominee program significantly in 2023, adding 3,175 nomination spaces for a total of 9,500.  
• In 2024, the provincial government entered into a partnership with the Aboriginal Health & Wellness Centre to develop Manitoba's first supervised consumption site. The facility, located in Winnipeg, is expected to open in 2025.

Here are some key facts about Social and community service workers in Manitoba:

• Approximately 7,200 people work in this occupation.
• Social and community service workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 44%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 22%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 7%
  • Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 6%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 6%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 82% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 18% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 68% of social and community service workers work all year, while 32% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 44 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 30% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 70% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 8% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 28% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 21% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 28% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 7% compared to 8% for all occupations

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