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PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER

Personal Support Worker program will prepare you with the knowledge and skills to provide compassionate care when assisting individuals with broad-spectrum conditions and health care needs. Your help will enable them to lead active and fulfilling lives in the community and institutions, both here and abroad.

The Personal Support Worker courses will focus on the full range of home and health-related services required by individuals with physical disabilities, cognitive impairments, and chronic and acute illnesses. The skills and knowledge you receive will give you the flexibility to adapt to a variety of settings such as hospitals, homes, schools, community residential agencies, and long-term or chronic care facilities.

During your time in the Personal Support Worker program you will learn through a hands-on approach facilitated by hospital and community health care-experienced faculty members. Additionally, clinical and community setting learning opportunities will allow you to offer direct care to individuals. You will gain experience caring for persons across their lifespan and learn to effectively communicate and collaborate with members of an inter professional health care team.

Career Outlook

Personal Support Worker
Home Support Worker
Home Health Care Worker
Personal Care Attendant

Areas of Employment

Hospitals
Long-term care facilities
Residential facilities
Retirement homes
Community support agencies
Private duty and home care
School systems (with behaviorally challenged and developmentally delayed children)

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PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER