The Personal Support Worker (PSW) program will teach you the skills required to provide or assist with personal care for the elderly, the chronically ill and persons with accessibility challenges. These patients may live in the community, in long-term care facilities or in select ambulatory care settings.

Classes for this two-semester program are held at our state-of-the-art Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences at Waterfront Campus and are scheduled between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Monday to Saturday. Students can expect to participate in unpaid faculty-supervised clinical practicums that take place in various settings across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Shift hours may vary between day and/or evenings depending upon the practice setting and may start as early as 6:30 a.m.

Upon confirmation of acceptance into this program, students must provide

• Proof of their medical records (such as TDAP shot, MMR, Varicella, Hep B blood test reports/titres and Two-Step TB Skin Test)
• Standard First Aid Certificate renewed every three years, Basic Life Support certificate renewed every year, annual flu shot
• Proof of clear Vulnerable Sector Check renewed every year
• Completion of Vulnerable Sector Check

* Mature student status (19 years of age or older and no OSSD)

Mature students may take the Admissions Assessment for English, OR may consider upgrading to achieve the credit(s) needed in English.