Health Programs » Personal Support Worker (PSW) Diploma, Mississauga

			    The Personal Support Worker Diploma training program was developed by the Provincial Government to reform and improve long-term healthcare for those requiring long term care facilities, chronic care and in-home private care. This program consolidates the Health Care Aide Training, Home Support Worker training (levels I, II and III), Attendant Care Training and Respite Worker Training into one single comprehensive training program. 
			    
			    The Personal Support Worker provides personal care for the comfort and safety of it’s clients and helps to create an environment of physical, emotional and social well-being. They also assist in maintaining patient independence. These techniques and skills are developed throughout this program both in theory and in a practical environment.

Course Concentration

Individuality of the Patient (each patient has different needs)
Role of the Personal Support Worker
Development of Interpersonal Skills
Safety Standards
Assisting a Person with Mobility
Abuse Recognition and Required Action
Household Management and Meal Preparation
Optimal Support Requirements
Care Planning
Personal Hygiene Assistance
Assisting the Family/Coping Mechanisms
Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health Issues
Assisting the Client in Managing their Ongoing Condition
Medication Assistance/Administering and Educating
Assisting the Client Who is Dying
Practicalities of Daily Living, Use of Specific Support Devices
Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures
Job search & placement assistance
Arranged nursing home placement
Arranged placement in the community
National Certification

Course Duration: 26 weeks, including a 14 week placement

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Personal Support Worker Diploma program have found employment in Nursing Homes, Hospitals, Private Homes, Non-Profit Organizations and Agencies. As a certified Personal Support Worker professional with good references you could also be successfully self-employed. The National Academy of Health & Business has relationships with several employers and will use these contacts to ensure you are employed upon graduation.

Clinical Placement

The National Academy of Health & Business is one of the few Colleges that will find your placement for you following your in-class training. In the job placement, you will have the opportunity to apply your theoretical skills in a professional setting that will help you gain confidence through hands-on training, and practical experience in a real work setting.
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Funding Options

The Personal Support Worker program is eligible for up to five different funding options, including OSAP (to those who qualify), EI, Second Career Payment Plans and even loans facilitated by us.
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Clinical Placement

A Day in the Life... (what to expect)

Personal Support Workers are expected to remain one of the highest demand healthcare workers in Canada, according to Workopolis and Service Canada, particularly as the average age of the population increases. Some or all of the following duties performed by a PSW include:

Answer call signals; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of patients and assist patients with menu selection; lift, turn or massage patients; shave patients prior to operations; supervise patients' exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for patients, and accompany patients on outside recreational activities; and perform other duties related to patient care
Take patients' blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor patients' status and document patient care on charts; collect specimens such as urine; administer suppositories, colonic irrigations and enemas and perform other procedures as directed by nursing and hospital staff
Transport patients by wheelchair or stretcher for treatment or surgery
Carry messages, reports, requisitions and specimens from one department to another
Make beds and maintain patients' rooms
Maintain inventory of supplies
May perform maintenance tasks such as assisting with the set-up and maintenance of traction equipment, cleaning or sterilizing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and assembling, setting-up and operating job-related equipment.

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