{"id":743682,"date":"2026-06-17T22:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/743682\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T22:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:59:14","slug":"manitoba-funding-new-social-work-positions-in-winnipeg-emergency-departments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/743682\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba funding new social work positions in Winnipeg emergency departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG \u2014 More help is on the way for people who show up at Winnipeg emergency departments seeking mental health or social supports.<\/p>\n<p>The Manitoba government is adding eight more social worker positions in four emergency departments and urgent care centres at a cost of $1.2 million a year. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Winnipeg\u2019s Health Sciences Centre is the only hospital that has social workers in its emergency department. <\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara say these staff help doctors and nurses by doing safety assessments and providing support and care.<\/p>\n<p>The union for the social workers says more jobs are good news but that more needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals says help is needed for patients once they leave the hospital and are back in the community.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 17, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Halifax as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=halifax.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778170930_778_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2014 More help is on the way for people who show up at Winnipeg emergency departments seeking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-743682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}