Job prospects Support Worker - Social Services in Northwest Territories

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Job opportunities in Northwest Territories

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be moderate for Social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in Northwest Territories for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

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

• Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Social and community service workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Public Administration and Defence (NAICS 91): 49%
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): 43%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 86% compared to 88% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 14% compared to 12% for all occupations
• 70% of social and community service workers work all year, while 30% work only part of the year, compared to 71% and 28% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 45 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 32% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 68% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 18% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 37% compared to 26% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 7% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 20% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 14% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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