Job prospects Caseworker - Social Work in the Southeast Region

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "Social workers" in the Southeast Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for Social workers in the Southeast Region over the past few years (2021-2023) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Assessment Methodology

Job outlook over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for Social workers (NOC 41300) in the Southeast region for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

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

Here are some key facts about Social workers in the Southeast region:

  • Approximately 240 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
  • Social workers mainly work in the following sectors:
    • Nursing and residential care facilities and social assistance (NAICS 623-624): 45%
    • Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): 28%
    • Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 13%
    • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 12%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

Find out what will be the job prospects for Social workers across Canada over the next 10 years, from 2022 to 2031.

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Labour Market Information Survey
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