Personal Support Worker (PSW)

Become a certified Personal Support Worker, earn secondary school credits, and gain quality employment in the health care field. 95% of our PSW program graduates have employment in their field within 6 months of graduation!

Usually, students are required to attend an information session before applying to the program – however this has been waived at this time. You can check out information about the PSW Program through the following videos:

Belleville/Trenton Information Video
Kingston Information Video

HOW TO APPLY:

Email the teacher in your area:

Belleville & Picton Karen Mayer at: mayerkar@alcdsb.on.ca

Kingston Carole Finn at: finnca@alcdsb.on.ca

Trenton Kim Harvey at: harvkim@alcdsb.on.ca

APPLICATION FORMS:

PSW 2021-2022 Application form

Personal Information PSW Application

Benefits:

• Teacher-led instruction by Registered Nurses who are also certified teachers (OCT)
• 10 month –  20 hours per week program Monday to Friday, September to June
• Supervised clinical placements

Choose from:

• Personal Support Worker (PSW) (6 credits)
• Pre Health and Science Program (up to 6 credits)
• PSW plus Pre Health and Science Program (up to 9 credits)
• Health Care Aide Upgrade to PSW (up to 5 credits)

Achieve:

• PSW Certification following Provincial learning outcomes plus six Ontario Secondary School credits
• First Aid & CPR, GPA, PAC, WHMIS, Safe Food Handling
• Portfolio Development

Employment Possibilities:

• 95% of students are employed in the field within six months of graduation
• Home Care Agencies
• Long Term Care Facilities
• Group and Residential Homes
• Retirement Homes
• Hospitals