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    The Personal Support Worker course prepares students to provide physical, psychological, and social assistance to clients in their homes, care facilities, group homes, and hospitals. Students will learn skills like personal hygiene assistance, mobility assistance, meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication administration, and family responsibilities. The program aims to teach respect and sensitivity for clients' well-being and comfort. Students complete classroom learning and a supervised clinical placement. Upon completion, graduates can work as personal support workers, home health aides, and in other client care roles.

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    The Personal Support Worker course prepares students to provide physical, psychological, and social assistance to clients in their homes, care facilities, group homes, and hospitals. Students will learn skills like personal hygiene assistance, mobility assistance, meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication administration, and family responsibilities. The program aims to teach respect and sensitivity for clients' well-being and comfort. Students complete classroom learning and a supervised clinical placement. Upon completion, graduates can work as personal support workers, home health aides, and in other client care roles.

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    The Personal Support Worker course prepares students to provide physical, psychological, and social assistance to clients in their homes, care facilities, group homes, and hospitals. Students will learn skills like personal hygiene assistance, mobility assistance, meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication administration, and family responsibilities. The program aims to teach respect and sensitivity for clients' well-being and comfort. Students complete classroom learning and a supervised clinical placement. Upon completion, graduates can work as personal support workers, home health aides, and in other client care roles.

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    The Personal Support Worker course prepares students to provide physical, psychological, and social assistance to clients in their homes, care facilities, group homes, and hospitals. Students will learn skills like personal hygiene assistance, mobility assistance, meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication administration, and family responsibilities. The program aims to teach respect and sensitivity for clients' well-being and comfort. Students complete classroom learning and a supervised clinical placement. Upon completion, graduates can work as personal support workers, home health aides, and in other client care roles.

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    The key takeaways are that this course prepares students to provide physical, psychological and social assistance to clients as personal support workers. Students will learn skills to assist people with their personal and household needs to ensure their comfort and well-being.

    Students will learn skills to assist with personal hygiene, mobility, routine daily activities, home management tasks like shopping and cleaning, and assisting with social and recreational activities. They will also learn how to properly handle medications and provide care with respect and sensitivity.

    Graduates will be able to find employment as personal support workers, home health care workers, personal care attendants, health care aides, and in other roles like patient care aids, home support workers, and visiting homemakers in facilities, group homes, and for clients living at home.

    Personal Support Worker

    Course Description:
    The Personal Support Worker course prepares students to provide physical,
    psychological and social assistance to clients. Students participating in this program
    will learn the full range of skills required to assist people with their personal and
    household needs in order to ensure their contentment and well being. Students will
    develop the skills that they need to work in a variety of environments including care
    facilities, group homes and hospitals and how to care for clients who are living in their
    own homes. They will gain an understanding of how to best provide support and
    personal care to individuals including assisting with dressing, personal hygiene,
    mobility and routine activities in accordance with the Regulated Health Professionals
    Act. Upon completion, students will be able to assist with home management
    responsibilities including shopping, light house cleaning and meal preparation, assist
    with family responsibilities and aide the client with social and recreational activities.
    The objective of this program is to provide Personal Support Workers with a foundation
    to care for the safety of their clients, while demonstrating sensitivity and respect for
    those in their care. Personal Support workers play a key role in society and their
    attitude and abilities are critical to the comfort, security and health of the people that
    they support. As a part of this program, students will have the opportunity to practice
    what they have learned through participating in a supervised placement. Please note
    that the PSW program is accredited by the NACC.

    Course Outline:
    Keyboarding
    Microsoft Word Level 1 and 2
    Microsoft Outlook
    Microsoft Excel Level 1 and 2
    PSW Foundations
    Safety and Mobility
    Body Systems
    Assisting with Personal Hygiene
    Abuse and Neglect
    Household Management, Nutrition and Hydration
    Care Planning, Restorative Care, Documentation, Working in the Community
    Assisting the Family, growth and Development
    Assisting the Dying Person
    Assisting with Medications
    Cognitive and Mental Health Issues and Brain Injuries
    Health Conditions
    Clinical Placement (Community)

    208 - 4900 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarborough, ON, M1S 4A7 Phone: 416-850-6028 Fax: 647-606-3733
    Email: info.east@ccbst.ca Website: www.ccbst.ca
    Clinical Placement (Facility)
    CPR & First Aid

    Course Outcomes:

    Upon successful completion of this course student will be able to:


    • Recognize and respect the interests, rights and needs of the clients they care for
    • Perform home management tasks such as shopping, light house cleaning and
    meal preparation
    • Handle family responsibilities such as routine care giving to children
    • Provide support and assistance with social and recreational activities
    • Provide personal care to clients including dressing, personal hygiene, mobility
    and other routine activities of daily living in accordance with the Regulated Health
    Professionals Act
    • Demonstrate support for the independent action of the client
    • Recognize the importance of the PSW as a member of the Health Care team
    • Ensure that their own activities and needs do not interfere with their judgment
    and performance on the job
    • Demonstrate empathy, respect and encouragement for clients
    • Recognize the mutually beneficial relationship between client and PSW
    • Identify, use and care for equipment safely and correctly
    • Assist with active range of motion exercises as prescribed
    • Recognize the possible signs of abuse and report observations to the appropriate
    person
    • Perform general household tasks such as housekeeping and laundry
    • Prepare nutritious, well balanced meals for clients with specific dietary needs
    • Recognize the factors that can influence the behavior of clients who require
    assistance in the activities of daily living
    • Identify infection control measures and use personal protective equipment
    • Identify factors such as illness, fatigue, stress, sensory overload, pain, fear,
    frustration and depression that can further effect the functioning of a client
    • Accurately measure medications according to directions
    • Demonstrate the ability to use the “Medication Problem A.C.T.I.O.N Plan”
    developed by the Canadian Pharmacists Association

    Career Opportunities

    Graduates of the Personal Support worker program will be able to find employment as
    a Personal Support Worker, Home Health Care Worker, Personal Care Attendant,
    Health Care Aid, Hospital Attendant, Nurses Aide, Nursing Attendant, Orderly, Patient

    208 - 4900 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarborough, ON, M1S 4A7 Phone: 416-850-6028 Fax: 647-606-3733
    Email: info.east@ccbst.ca Website: www.ccbst.ca
    Care Aid, Patient Services Associate, Home Support Worker and as a Visiting
    Homemaker among other positions

    Pre-requisite for the Program

    An Ontario Secondary School Diploma or Students are 18 years of age or older and
    pass a qualifying test, Police Clearance, Pre-Admission Medical Report, Personal
    Support Worker Technical Literacy Examination

    Course Duration:
    35 Weeks

    208 - 4900 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarborough, ON, M1S 4A7 Phone: 416-850-6028 Fax: 647-606-3733
    Email: info.east@ccbst.ca Website: www.ccbst.ca

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