Personal Support Worker (PSW )
Personal Support Worker (PSW)
The Personal Support Worker (PSW) program will equip students with the relevant industry skill sets required to help patients, clients, and residents with various conditions and health care needs in a nurturing environment. As you care for patients with compassion and help them with things like personal hygiene, making meals, running their homes, and dealing with different long-term conditions, you often form close and rewarding relationships with them.
The Personal Support Worker courses will cover all home and health-related services that people with physical disabilities, cognitive problems, and long-term and short-term illnesses need. The skills and knowledge you learn will give you the freedom to work in places like hospitals, homes, schools, community residential agencies, and long-term or chronic-care facilities.
The Personal Support Worker program offers a fast-track, hands-on skills training program with a practicum guaranteed, which can often lead to employment in the vibrant city of Toronto and Brampton. You can become a qualified Personal Support Worker and enter the in-demand healthcare field in less than 9 months.
Good News for prospective PSW students!
• 24,000 new PSWs needed by 2026
• Train in as little as 7 months
• Up to $25,400 in incentives for new and current students since FEB 2024
Ontario Government Incentives
Ontario offers up to $25,400 in incentives for new PSW students and graduates, providing a strong financial support system for your training journey.
Placement Stipend: Up to $5,400 while completing clinical placement in long-term care or home/community care.
Commitment Incentives: Commit to 12 months in long-term care for $10,000, plus another $10,000 if in a rural/remote/northern location. Payments at 6 and 12 months.
So, in 2024, Ontario will continue providing financial aid options, including skills training grants, free introductory courses, and targeted support, to train more individuals for and work in the high-demand PSW field.
At Beta College of Business and Technology, we offer Financial Aid options. To determine which program you are eligible for, fill out the ‘Information Request’ form, and one of our Beta College Financial Aid Officers will reach out to you.
Reference: Become a personal support worker https://www.ontario.ca/page/become-personal-support-worker
• Individuals who are caring and work well in a team atmosphere and are passionate about helping others
• Someone interested in fast-tracked, hands-on PSW courses
• Work in real-world settings and the fast-paced healthcare industry
• Someone who is interested in a new and exciting career in the Healthcare industry
• Students who are interested in a smooth transition in the healthcare job settings
• Individuals who are caring and work well in a team atmosphere and are passionate about helping others
• Someone interested in fast-tracked, hands-on PSW courses
• Work in real-world settings and the fast-paced healthcare industry
• Someone who is interested in a new and exciting career in the Healthcare industry
• Students who are interested in a smooth transition in the healthcare job settings
PSW Graduates find employment in high-demand healthcare roles such as:
• Personal Support Worker
• Home Health Care Worker
• Personal Care Attendant
• Health Care Aid
• Hospital Attendant
• Nurses Aide
• Nursing Attendant
• Orderly
• Patient Care Aid
• Patient Services Associate
• Visiting Homemaker
Successful PSW graduates will find career opportunities at:
• Hospitals
• Long-term care facilities
• Retirement homes
• Community facilities
• Group homes
• PSW Foundations
• Safety and Mobility
• Body Systems
• Assisting with personal hygiene
• Abuse and Neglect
• Household management, nutrition, and hydration
• Care Planning, Restorative care
• Working in the Community
• Assisting a dying person
• Assisting with Medication
• Cognitive/mental Health issues and Brain injuries
• Health conditions
• Clinical Placement (Facility)
• Clinical Placement (Community)
• Minimum of a Canadian high school grade 12 or equivalent (Ontario high school diploma or equivalent) or a mature student
• Mature student with a score of 11 or more on the Wonderlic SLE (or another MCU-approved test)
• Minimum of 18 years of age
1. NACC Technical Literacy Exam (passing score of 18)
OR
2. IELTS – International English Language Testing (IELTS) – Minimum average score of 6.0 with no subject test score lower than 5.5;
OR
3. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Internet-based test (iBT) – overall 80, with the minimum in each component: Reading 20; Listening 20; Speaking 20; Writing 20.
Salary
$ 23/per hr.
Minimum Wage
$ 32/per hr.
Maximum Wage
$ 45,000+
Average Salary
Source: Glassdoor.ca
Please note: Every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy of the information in this publication. The College reserves the right to modify or cancel any course, program, fee, timetable, or campus location at any time.
You may be Eligible to Receive $13,690 to Fund Your PSW Training
- $54.7 million in funding is now available for upto 4,000 new PSW students
- Enrol between June 1 and September 30, 2022 and you may be eligible for up to $13,690 in funding
- Funding covers the costs of tuition, books and other mandatory fees and receive a wage stipend for your clinical work placement
