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Personal Support Worker
Overview
Our Personal Support Worker (PSW) Certificate program helps our students master the required personal and occupational qualities needed to care for people living at home, hospitals, senior homes and in long-term care facilities. Students will learn to identify and respond to the physical and emotional needs of clients/residents. Basic skills acquired include promoting physical and mental activation, observing and communicating with the client, handling specialized equipment and providing personal and physical care. Both clinical and community placements are also included in this program to provide students with “real life” work experience.What You Will Learn
- Individuality of the Person
- Role of the Worker
- Interpersonal Skills
- Safety
- Assisting a person with Mobility
- Abuse
- First Aid/CPR Training
- Household Management and Meal Preparation
- Providing Optimal Support/Care Planning
- Assisting a Person with Personal Hygiene
- Assisting the Family
- Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health Issues
- Assisting a Person to Manage Ongoing Conditions
- Assisting a Person with Medications
- Assisting a Person who is Dying
- Clinical Placement
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Provincial Funding
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*All student funding, whether made available privately or through various government branches, is only approved to those who qualify, by the original source of funding. There are many criteria that each candidate must meet to be approved. Schools can only inform you of what may be available.