Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate

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• Objectives
  The Personal Support Worker program will prepare you with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide others the care and assistance they need to live active, fulfilling lives in the community and institutions. It focuses on the full range of home- and health-related services required by the elderly, the disabled, those with chronic illnesses, the cognitively impaired, and those recovering from acute illnesses. Throughout the program, your training will give you the flexibility to adapt to changing settings, whether in the home, schools, community residential facilities, nursing homes or chronic care facilities.
• Academic title
  Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate
• Course description
  Semester 1 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  PSHS-101 *     Foundations of Personal Support         
  PSHS-102 *     Personal Support Communication         
  PSHS-103 *     Developmental Stages & Alterations in Health         
  PSHS-104 *     Alterations in Mental Health         
  PSHS-105 *     PSW Skills Laboratory 1         
  PSHS-106 **     PSW Community Practice         
  COMM-160/161     College Communication 1 / (ESL)         
  Semester 2 Courses
  Course Code     Course Name     Lecture     Lab
  PSHS-121 *     Body Structure, Function & Common Conditions         
  PSHS-122 *     Supporting Clients in Palliative Care         
  PSHS-123 *     Personal and Professional Growth         
  PSHS-124 *     PSW Skills Laboratory 2         
  PSHS-125 **     PSW Clinical Practice         
  ELECT *     Elective         
  
  NOTES
  
  * Students must be in good overall academic standing to proceed to practicum.
  
  1. Minimum C or P grade (60 percent) required in all courses.
  
  2. Full-time program is two semesters (702 hours).
  
  3. You must complete CPR, standard first aid, police check, mask-fitting and medical forms 2 weeks prior to the PSW Community Practice PSHS-106.

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