Certificate in Personal Support Worker

About this programme

The Personal Support Worker (PSW) program prepares you to provide supportive care for individuals in a variety of settings. As a PSW, you’ll work with people who have a range of health challenges. By assisting people with daily activities, you’ll enable them to live more independent and fulfilling lives. The Canadian Support Workers Association recognizes and fully endorses the PSW curriculum of Booth University College. For full-time students, our theoretical courses take 12 months to complete courses and 4 months of practicum. This program is delivered entirely online, except for the field hours in the practicum course. The certificate follows a cohort structure. Students begin and complete the required and elective courses together. The PSW program provides an integrated experience where students learn in both academic and workplace contexts. Unique to our program is the spiritual care component which is embedded in the course work. This includes spiritual care practices and procedures, and their context in a multicultural, multifaith society. The IRCM is a theoretical and applied approach to training. With the use of technology, patients can recover in the comfort of their homes with the assurance that their needs are being monitored and responded to with short wait times. Upon completion, graduates are expected to provide supportive care in an ethical, wholistic, person-centred, and safe manner. You’ll use effective written and oral communication skills to work with clients, their families and an interprofessional team.