Job prospects Direct Support Professional in Manitoba

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Job opportunities in Manitoba

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations (NOC 44101) in Manitoba for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• The growing and aging population will increase demand for workers to provide services to seniors, persons with disabilities, or home care clients.
• Staffing shortages and high turnover persist in Manitoba’s long-term care and home care sectors. A recent report found that nearly three-quarters of respondents believe staffing levels in their workplace have worsened since the pandemic.
• The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority recently launched a recruitment drive to address the shortage of home care workers in Manitoba. The health authority is offering a free, four-week training program with the goal of adding 300 new staff.
• The provincial government will launch a home care pilot project in spring 2024 aimed at keeping rural seniors in their homes as they age. The pilot will target 200 seniors in Brandon, Selkirk, Beausejour, Steinbach, and Portage la Prairie.

Here are some key facts about Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations in Manitoba:

• Approximately 3,450 people work in this occupation.
• Home support workers, caregivers and related occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Social assistance (NAICS 624): 43%
  • Nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS 623): 26%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 16%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 7%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 65% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 35% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 64% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations work all year, while 36% 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 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of home support workers, caregivers and related occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 18% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 82% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 13% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 31% compared to 31% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 21% compared to 12% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 16% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 15% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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