Job prospects Social Services Worker in Yukon

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Job opportunities in Yukon

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in Yukon for the 2023-2025 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.

Demand for social and community service workers should be strong in Yukon for the foreseeable future. The main reason for this expected demand is continued rapid population growth. There have also been substantial government into social programs in the Yukon. For instance, in March 2023, the  Government of Yukon announced that is is providing $10M towards their Putting People First's health and social system initiatives. The funding aims to support substance-use health emergencies and to strengthen the territory’s healthcare system (Government of Yukon.) 

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

• Approximately 450 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: 83% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 17% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 67% of social and community service workers work all year, while 33% 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 43 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 30% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: 70% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 25% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 33% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 20% compared to 19% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 8% compared to 11% for all occupations

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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