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Certificate in Personal Support Worker

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In downtown Toronto, develop the skills required for personal support worker (PSW) positions within Canada’s health-care sector, including long-term care homes, hospitals, retirement homes and community organizations. This PSW certificate program prepares you to provide supportive care and assistance with activities of daily living to individuals, including patients experiencing cognitive impairment, physical disability and mental health challenges

Key Facts

  • Program length: 28 to 34 weeks is equivalent to approximately 6 to 8 months
  • International Fees: Total Tuition Fees CA$7,495
  • Intakes: October
  • Location: Toronto

Degree Overview

This PSW certificate program prepares you to provide supportive care and assistance with activities of daily living to individuals, including patients experiencing cognitive impairment, physical disability and mental health challenges. The National Association of Career Colleges (NACC) Personal Support Worker (PSW) Certificate program is based on the Ontario Personal Support Worker Training Standard released in January 2022. The program curriculum, standards and guidelines, combined with the clinical component of the program, provides you with the knowledge and skills necessary to be successful in this field.

Career Opportunities

Prepare to work for trusted care providers, such as:

  • Long-term care facilities
  • Group homes
  • Private homes
  • Hospitals
  • Retirement homes
  • Adult day centres
  • Home care agencies
  • Supportive housing

By the end of the program, you will be able to:

  • Work within the personal support worker role in various care settings, aligning with employer job descriptions, standards and guidelines.
  • Practise professionally by applying problem-solving, self-awareness, time management and critical thinking to the provision of care as a personal support worker, whether working independently or as an engaged team member.
  • Provide client-centered and client-directed care, based on ethical principles and sensitive to diverse personal and family values, to individuals experiencing various mental health illness and challenges, cognitive and intellectual impairments and/or responsive behaviours by using supportive approaches and evidence-based practices.
  • Maintain therapeutic relationships with clients and their families using effective communication skills to build a genuine, trusting and respectful partnership within professional boundaries and policies .
  • Identify relevant client information within the roles and responsibilities of the personal support worker using observation, critical thinking and effective communication skills to report and document findings.
  • Create, promote and maintain a safe and comfortable environment for clients, their families, self and others.
  • Assist clients with activities of daily living along with household management services by applying fundamental knowledge of growth and development, psychological concepts, common alterations in functioning, disease prevention, rehabilitation and restorative care and holistic health care.
  • Assist the client with medication following the client’s plan of care, and if a delegated, act under the supervision of a regulated health professional or done by exception under the most accountable person and in accordance with legislation and employer policies.
  • Identify, respond to and report potential, alleged, suspected or witnessed situations of abuse and/or neglect, as required by legislation and the employers’ job description for personal support workers.
  • Assist with the provision of holistic health care and advocacy for culturally safe and spiritually sensitive palliative and end-of-life care to clients and their families and significant others, in accordance with clients’ choices and the plan of care.

Admissions Requirements

For detailed guidance on the entry requirements for international students, including the minimum English language entry requirement, please get in touch with us for entry requirements specific to your country.

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Course Features

  • Duration 8 Months
  • Activities CANADA
  • Time October
CA$7,495
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