作为个人支持工作者的职业充满激情，同情心和奉献精神，以帮助那些最需要帮助的人。它还需要一套高度专业化的动态技术和人际交往能力。如果您对个人满意的职业感兴趣，那么“个人支持工作者”计划将使您走上职业成功之路。您将通过在个人支持的基础上打下坚实的基础来开始该计划。您将学习有关健康与保健，人体及其功能的知识，并研究精神健康问题和生命过渡理论。除了课堂教学之外，您还将在长期护理机构和社区场所中完成实习，在那里您将获得为客户提供护理的宝贵经验。这意味着您将在进入劳动力市场时从一套高度发达的经验中开始学习。该程序还利
A career as a Personal Support Worker takes heart, compassion and a dedication to helping those most in need. It also takes a highly specialized set of dynamic technical and interpersonal skills. If you’re interested in a career that is personally satisfying, the PSW program will get you on your way to career success.Personal Support Worker is a two-level program leading to an Ontario College Certificate. Graduates, as entry-level unregulated workers, have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide personal care and home management services to clients in both community and institutional settings.You’ll begin the program by creating a strong foundation in the fundamentals of personal support. You’ll learn about health and wellness, the human body and how it functions, along with examining mental health issues and life transition theories. In addition to classroom instruction, you'll also complete placements in long-term care facilities as well as a community placement, where you'll get valuable experience providing care to clients. This means that you’ll begin your career with a highly developed set of experiences to draw on as you enter the workforce. This program also utilizes simulation learning. Learn more about our simulation labs.Personal Support Workers work with clients who are stable and who have clearly identified needs that are not expected to change significantly. They work under the supervision of careservice teams (which include nurses and other regulated or non-regulated care providers) as well as under the direction of the client.