Personal Support Worker
1 year – Ontario College Certificate
Experience hands-on learning and field placement opportunities!
Overview
Upcoming Intakes:
Winter 2021: College Drive – North Bay, West Parry Sound
Fall 2021: College Drive – North Bay, West Parry Sound
This program trains students to offer personal care and home management services to clients in community or institutional settings. Personal support workers provide services to clients with physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural challenges. Learn hands-on in the classroom, on community placements and in the home environment simulation lab equipped with high-end fidelity audio/visual equipment and interactive mannequins. PSWs are highly sought after as health care providers, working collaboratively as part of the health care team or in a supported independent living environment.
Become a PSW - Watch the video now
Note: This program is offered in North Bay and Parry Sound.
Your Future Career
- Long-term care facilities
- Community/home care
- Hospitals
- Hospice
What You Learn
- Nutritional menu planning
- Clinical and community care (hospital and long-term)
- Simulation and lab work
- Diseases and pharmacology
- Patient client home care
Admissions Requirements
Admissions Requirements
OSSD or equivalent, ENG4C or ENG4U
If English is not your first language you must provide proof of English competency. View current English Language Proficiency Requirements.
Curriculum
Curriculum
College Drive Campus
Intake: September StartSemester 1 - Fall
CMM125 | Communication Fundamentals |
PSW185 | Professional Issues |
PSW152 | Client, Family & Community |
PSW235 | Numeracy and Healthy Living |
PSY200 | Lifespan Development |
PSW180 | Biology for PSWs |
CLT100 | Canada's First Peoples |
Semester 2 - Winter
PSW162 | Lab I |
PSW205 | Mental Health (6 weeks) |
PSW210 | Lab II (Simulation Lab, 6 weeks) |
PSW230 | Clinical |
PSW300 | Consolidation |
College Drive Campus
Intake: January StartSemester 1 - Winter
CMM125 | Communication Fundamentals |
PSW185 | Professional Issues |
PSW152 | Client, Family & Community |
PSW162 | Lab I |
PSY200 | Lifespan Development |
PSW180 | Biology for PSWs |
Semester 2 - Spring
PSW205 | Mental Health (6 weeks) |
PSW210 | Lab II (Simulation Lab, 6 weeks) |
PSW230 | Clinical |
PSW235 | Numeracy and Healthy Living |
CLT100 | Canada's First Peoples |
PSW300 | Consolidation |
Tuition Fees
Tuition Fees
Ancillary fees have been reviewed as a result of COVID-19 and alternative service and program delivery plans. For current ancillary fees details please see https://www.canadorecollege.ca/get-started/money/fees-and-expenses
2020-2021 – 1 year – Ontario College Certificate
College Drive Campus – DomesticYear | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | $2720.24 | $1234.09 | - | - | $3954.33 |
2020-2021 – 1 year – Ontario College Certificate
College Drive Campus – InternationalYear | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | $12795.66 | $1813.09 | - | - | $14608.75 |
2020-2021 – 1 year – Ontario College Certificate
West Parry Sound Campus – DomesticYear | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | $2720.24 | $974 | - | - | $3694.24 |
2020-2021 – 1 year – Ontario College Certificate
West Parry Sound Campus – InternationalYear | Tuition | Ancillary Fees | Material Fee | Trip Fee | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | $12795.66 | $1553 | - | - | $14348.66 |
What You Need
What You Need
Welcome Package with Required Documentation Winter 2021
PSW Student Contact Information Sheet/Consent for Release/Clinical Preparatory Contract
Communicable Disease Screening Documentation, North Bay - Winter 2021
Communicable Disease Screening Documentation, Parry Sound - Winter 2021
Check out the Campus Bookstore to not only purchase your textbooks but also view your book list before the semester starts.
You will also need:
- TB Testing (Campus Health Centre) - no charge
- Scrubs (2 sets, burgundy/wine) - apx. $70.00
- Medical Calculator - apx. $20.00
- Mask Fit Testing - apx. $25.00
- CPIC - apx. $25.00
- First Aid / CPR - apx. $80.00
- Clearance Card (Campus Health Centre) - $35.00
- Hep B Immunization - apx. $35.00 (if required)
Canadore College will implement Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in Fall 2020 to enhance students’ learning experience in and out of the classroom and to ensure student flexibility in learning. To learn more about BYOD and to find out what is required for your program, please visit https://www.canadorecollege.ca/BYOD
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes represent culminating demonstrations of learning and achievement. In addition, learning outcomes are interrelated and cannot be viewed in isolation of one another. As such, they should be viewed as a comprehensive whole. They describe performances that demonstrate that significant integrated learning by graduates of the program has been achieved.
Further Your Education
Further Your Education
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