Job prospects Social Services Volunteer Coordinator in Ontario
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Job opportunities in Ontario
These outlooks were updated on November 29th, 2023. Learn more about outlooks.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Social and community service workers (NOC 42201) in Ontario 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.
What Types of Employers Are Out There?
- The majority are employed in health care and social assistance services, with the leading share in individual and family services, and nursing and residential care facilities
- Public administration, mainly with municipal governments
What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?
- Investments in youth and community outreach programs
- Expansions to shelter spaces
- Public sector spending for mental health and addiction services
- Funding commitments to support individuals with developmental disabilities
What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?
- Child and Youth Worker, and Developmental Services Worker are the names of two voluntary skilled trades available for this occupational group
- The Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers regulates social service workers; only members of this College can use the titles “social service worker” or “registered social service worker”
What Other Information Will I Find Helpful?
- This occupation, ‘social and community service workers,’ is distinct from the occupation title ‘social workers.’
Here are some key facts about Social and community service workers in Ontario:
- Approximately 44,650 people work in this occupation.
- Social and community service workers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Social assistance (NAICS 624): 36%
- Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 25%
- Local, municipal, regional, aboriginal and other public administration (NAICS 913-919): 7%
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 6%
- Religious, grant-making, civic, and professional and similar organizations (NAICS 813): 5%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 81% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 19% 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 63% and 37% 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: 21% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 79% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 13% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 45% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 9% compared to 13% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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