School: Fanshawe College

Program：Personal Support Worker (Weekend)

Program Description:

Fanshawe understands that you're busy. That's why, if you're looking to fast track your career as a Personal Support Worker but need to complete the program on the weekends, we've created a weekend study option. In only 45 weeks of in-class and weekend sessions, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to begin your career.

A career as a Personal Support Worker takes heart, compassion and a dedication to helping those most in need. It also takes a highly specialized set of dynamic technical and interpersonal skills. If you're interested in a career that is personally satisfying, this program is for you.

You'll begin the program by creating a strong foundation in the fundamentals of personal support. You'll learn about health and wellness, the human body and how it functions, along with examining mental health issues and life transition theories. In addition to classroom instruction, you'll also complete placements in long-term care facilities as well as a community placement, where you'll get valuable experience providing care to clients. This means that you'll begin your career with a highly developed set of experiences to draw on as you enter the workforce. This program also utilizes simulation learning.

When you graduate, you'll be ready to work with clients with clearly identified needs, helping to make them comfortable and keeping them safe. You'll provide personal care for clients in retirement homes, long-term care facilities, hospitals and in the home.

Advantages:
Personal Support Worker is a three level program leading to an Ontario College Certificate.  Graduates, as entry-level unregulated workers, have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide personal care and home management services to clients in both community and institutional settings.

Personal Support Workers work with clients who are stable and who have clearly identified needs that are not expected to change significantly. They work under the supervision of care/service teams (which include nurses, and other regulated or non-regulated care providers), as well as under the direction of the client.

Admission Requirement:

OSSD with courses from the College (C), University (U),
University/College (M), or Open (O) stream
OR
Academic and Career Entrance Certificate (ACE)
OR
Ontario High School Equivalency Certificate (GED)
OR
Mature applicant with appropriate preparation

Tuition Fees:

Canadian students

International students

Career
Graduates are employed in long term care facilities, retirement homes, hospitals and community agencies.

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