Social and community service workers in South Coast - Burin Peninsula

The employment outlook will be Moderate for social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in the South Coast - Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame - Central Bonavista Bay regions for the 2025-2027 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 moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Additional information is available at the provincial level.

Here are some key facts about social and community service workers in the South Coast - Burin Peninsula and Notre Dame - Central Bonavista Bay regions:

• Approximately 400 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Social and community service workers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 46%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 21%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 13%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 8%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 6%