Major:
Personal Support Worker
Length:
One Year
Delivery:
2 Semesters
Typical
Credential: College Certificate
Sector
Screening Check Required
Description
This
two semester program is designed to prepare students with the knowledge and
skills needed to provide personal support worker services to people living at
home and in long term care facilities and to function as integral members of
the health care team. Upon graduation from this program, the graduate will have
demonstrated the ability to effectively communicate with clients, families and
members of the health care team. They will also have demonstrated their ability
to provide safe and competent personal support work care for individual clients
who are experiencing physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural challenges.
Personal
Support Workers are unregulated health care providers who work under the
supervision of a regulated health care professional or in the supported
independent living environment under the direction of the client. They provide
clearly identified personal care and they facilitate routine activities of
daily living in order to assist their clients in being as healthy and as
independent as possible.
Career
Opportunities
Graduates
of the Personal Support Worker program find employment in retirement homes,
nursing homes, homes for the aged, various community agencies (private and
public) as well as in independent practice.
Program
Learning Outcomes
The
graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
· work effectively as a
team member and demonstrate an understanding of the roles and responsibilities
of the other members of the health care team;
· provide personal
support worker services for individuals and families from a variety of cultures
and diverse backgrounds fostering trust, respect and individual choice;
· practice under the
supervision/direction of the employer, client or family caregiver within their
role and the legislation governing the setting in which they work;
· provide professional,
safe and effective personal support work services to individuals and their
families in all activities of daily living;
· support the
application of the concepts of health promotion, maintenance and
rehabilitation;
· recognize own
strengths and limitations within the concept of providing personal support work
services and seek out guidance appropriately;
· recognize and report
changes in the client's condition, health state, situation, and/or routine
activities of living and report these changes to the appropriate member of the
health care team;
· recognize indicators
of abuse and respond appropriately
