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PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER
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The
Healthcare Services area is growing at a rapid pace and
producing employment opportunities.
 Reasons
for Demand
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Technological advances in the Health Care sector
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Aging population in Canada
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Growing interest in preventive healthcare
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Higher life expectancy
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Canadian Business College Healthcare Services
division, is now offering a number of health care
related programs including this Personal Support
Worker Diploma.
You like helping others, and you want a career where
your service-orientation can be recognized. The
Personal Support Worker role in today's health care
may be the answer to your career search.
The Personal Support Work field will continue to
grow as Canada's population ages. It is well-known
that the longer a person can be allowed to remain at
home, the lower their health care costs will be. As
a result there will be an ever increasing demand for
the personal support workers who will provide care
to people at home.
As well, Canadian Business College's (Health Care
Division) program provides training for
opportunities for PSW staff in nursing homes and
other institutions in Ontario.
Opportunities being created within familiar fields,
new professions and skilled trades are emerging as
our understanding of healthcare increases and as
curing and healing techniques become more complex.
There is now a lengthy list of health-related
professions and trades that do not require
university training.
Personal Support Worker
The program enables the graduates to work in
hospitals, nursing homes, other long term care and
community-based facilities, and private homes.
The Personal Support Worker (PSW) has a combination
of community work and related caregiver skills
incorporated in the program. This course is
640 credits of classroom theory and field practice.
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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Observes and reports clinical and treatment
information, behavioral changes
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Assists with range of motion exercises and other
rehabilitative measures
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Takes and records blood pressure, temperature,
pulse, respiration, body weight and height
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Assists with ambulating and mobilization of
patient
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Collects specimens for required medical tests
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Provides emotional and support services to
care-receivers and families
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Assists with personal hygiene
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Assists with meal preparation, grocery shopping,
dietary planning, food and fluid intake
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Quality Care Comes from Quality Training
The Personal Support Worker program is designed to
give you the opportunity to develop those skills
required to provide personal support services to
consumers and their families, clients and residents
in the community, at home, and in long-term care
facilities and institutions. Services provided by
the graduate include assistance in daily living
activities, personal care and hygiene,
restorative/activation and home management
activities.
While persons trained as personal attendants or
personal support workers are expected to use
judgement in responding to the needs of their
clients, they are not expected to diagnose, assess
or to respond to acute or unexpected situations
(beyond any emergency assistance which might be
required).
Admission Requirements
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Ontario Secondary School Diploma at the general
level or equivalent;
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Mature student status;
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Pre-admission testing (sentence skills and reading
comprehension), Free.
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Medical doctor's certification of current health
condition.
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Payment of application fee
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Criminal reference check.
Canadian
Business College reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to refuse student access to people
placed in its care.
PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER Program Requirements
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The college reserves the right to deny
admission to this program based on an
unpardoned criminal reference check.
Students must also be able to meet the
applicable outcomes within the training
standards for this program. Thus, fitness to
complete the practicum components that would
bear relevance to the academic or placement
requirements of the program may impede
successful admission into the program.
The additional requirements may include:
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Immunization record;
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Hepatitis B vaccine;
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Criminal Reference Check;
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Students will be required to complete
Standard First Aid and Basic
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
prior to PSW Field Practicum
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Students doing a practicum may be
required to meet the same physical
assessment and immunization requirements
as those for the staff employed by the
agency where the practicum is taking
place.
Budget for textbooks and supplies, Hepatitis
B vaccine, First Aid and CPR, uniform and
shoes. This does not include travel to and
from school, and to the field placements.
PSW UNIFORMS, duty shoes and white
stockings will be worn during clinical
practice sessions unless otherwise
Instructed. Books and Uniforms are extra.
Additional Information
Affordable and Tax Deductible
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