PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER (PSW)

Personal support workers play an essential role in the health care industry, working in private homes or health care facilities to help provide patients with care and comfort. Our program train students to work with other health care professionals to provide a number of services for the elderly, disabled and ill, to help them rehabilitate or simply live their lives in the most comfortable manner possible.

This one-year certificate program is created by National Association of Career Colleges (NACC) and designed to teach our students how to successfully provide care and assistance to clients with the intention of live satisfying lives in their communities and in institutions. The courses combine practical skills training with the communication, patient care and support techniques that professionals require in an industry that involves caring for the sick. During the course students will study physiology, anatomy and alterations to human mental and physical health, and complement this knowledge with patient care techniques, such as infection control, administering medication and much more. Students conduct lab work and have a clinical placement to practice their skills. Also, the student will lean techniques relating to specific patient types, such as those with cognitive disorders or those requiring palliative care. Conflict management and family communication skills are also part of the curriculum.

Personal support workers play an essential role in the health care industry, working in private homes or health care facilities to help provide patients with care and comfort. Our program train students to work with other health care professionals to provide a number of services for the elderly, disabled and ill, to help them rehabilitate or simply live their lives in the most comfortable manner possible.

This one-year certificate program is created by National Association of Career Colleges (NACC) and designed to teach our students how to successfully provide care and assistance to clients with the intention of live satisfying lives in their communities and in institutions. The courses combine practical skills training with the communication, patient care and support techniques that professionals require in an industry that involves caring for the sick. During the course students will study physiology, anatomy and alterations to human mental and physical health, and complement this knowledge with patient care techniques, such as infection control, administering medication and much more. Students conduct lab work and have a clinical placement to practice their skills. Also, the student will lean techniques relating to specific patient types, such as those with cognitive disorders or those requiring palliative care. Conflict management and family communication skills are also part of the curriculum.

COURSE OUTLINE

- PSW Foundations
- Safety and Mobility
- Assisting with Personal Hygiene
- Abuse and Neglect
- Household Management, Nutrition and Hydration
- Care Planning, Restorative Care, Documentation, Working in the Community
- Assisting the Family, Growth and Development
- Assisting the Dying Person
- Assisting with Medications
- Cognitive and Mental Health Issues and Brain Injuries
- Health Conditions
- Clinical Placement (Community)
- Clinical Placement (Facility)