Experience hands-on learning and field placement opportunities!
Program Code: 051005
Type: Full-time
Intake: January 2026
About the program
Offered in partnership with Canadore College, this program trains students to offer personal care and home management services to clients in community or institutional settings. Personal support workers provide services to clients with physical, cognitive, emotional and behavioural challenges. Learn hands-on in the classroom, on community placements and in the home environment simulation lab equipped with high-end fidelity audio/visual equipment and interactive mannequins. PSWs are highly sought after as health care providers, working collaboratively as part of the health care team or in a supported independent living environment.
Your Future Career
• Long-term care facilities
• Community/home care
• Hospitals
• Hospice
What You Learn
• Nutritional menu planning
• Clinical and community care (hospital and long-term)
• Simulation and lab work
• Diseases and pharmacology
• Patient client home care
Admission Requirements
OSSD or equivalent, ENG4C or ENG4U
If English is not your first language you must provide
proof of English competency.
Certificate/Accreditation
Ontario College Certificate
Program Contact
Curriculum
Semester 1
First Peoples of CanadaCLT200
Mental HealthPSW205
Numeracy, Aging and Palliative CarePSW137
College CommunicationCOMM125
Client, Family and CommunityPSW152
Biology for PSW’sPSW180
Lab IPSW162
Semester 2
Lab IIPSW163
Lifespan DevelopmentPSY200
Professional IssuesPSW185
ClinicalPSW230
ConsolidationPSW300
