With the baby boomers aging, the need for Personal Support Workers will continue to increase dramatically.  Personal Support Workers assist with the tasks for daily living in long term care facilities, seniors’ residences, and in the community.  If you have a genuine love of people, a nurturing, patient personality along with respect for the elderly or infirm, Personal Support Worker is the career choice for you.

Program Highlights:
This extensive course includes:

• Windows
• Word
• Excel

Personal Support Worker Courses:

• Individuality of the Person
• Role of the PSW
• Interpersonal Skills
• Safety
• Assisting a Person with Mobility Impairment
• Abuse
• Household Management & Meal Preparation
• Optimal Support and Care Planning
• Personal Hygiene
• Assisting the Family
• Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health
• Assisting to Manage Ongoing Conditions
• Assisting with Medications
• Assisting a Person who is Dying
• First Aid and CPR
• Supervised Clinical Placement (On-site Training)
• Precepted Clinical Placement (In the field Training)

Course Prerequisites:

• Grade 12 or Mature Student Status
• Fluency in English
• Fitness to complete the Clinical Placement
• Current Immunization
• Certificates against T.B. & Hepatitis B
• Police Check of Criminal Record (national)

Career Opportunities:

• Long Term Care Facilities      
• Hospitals
• Seniors’ Residences
• Nursing Assistant
• Non-Profit Agencies
• Government Agencies