Through a creative and collaborative effort, three organizations are coming together to offer free personal support worker certificate training for qualified students to meet the growing demand for Personal Support Workers (PSWs) in the field. PSWs are essential in helping patients remain at home, assisting in delivering home and community care, and providing services in long-term care and retirement homes.
The growing demand for PSW care is felt in all communities across the Erie St. Clair LHIN region, and this free program is a way for students to access a PSW certificate program at no cost to them. SE Career College of Health and Personal Support Worker (PSW) programs are registered and approved by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Not only is the program free to students, they will also be paid to attend the course for the first four weeks. For those students who may not want to take the full PSW course, they can graduate as a Home Support Worker (HSW) in four weeks. The location for the course does vary and will move throughout the LHIN region.
The next free program is October 21, 2019 in Leamington and includes:
- Four weeks of free Home Support Worker (HSW) training: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Five months of free Personal Support Worker (PSW) training: Monday – Friday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
People interested in the PSW or HSW program can contact any of the three employers to access the free program:
- Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario – Brooke Spoors 519-969-8188 ext. 247
- Bayshore Home Care Solutions – Heather Rezaian 1-888-227-5013 ext. 33309
- SE Health – Pilar Santiago 519-930-5922
For more information, please contact Shannon Sasseville, Director of Communications, Public Affairs, and Community Engagement at 1-888-447-4468 ext. 7393 or at shannon.sasseville@lhins.on.ca