Personal Support Worker Course - CCBST

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Personal Support Worker Course

• Created By CCBST

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Description

• The Personal Support Worker(PSW) courses or
  programs prepares our graduates to provide
  physical, psychological and social assistance to
  clients. Students participating in this program
  will learn the full range of skills required to
  assist people with their personal and household
  needs in order to ensure their contentment and
  well being.
• CCBST runs personal support worker programs or
  courses in all its three campus in Toronto,
  Ontario. In this course students will develop the
  skills that they need to work in a variety of
  environments including health care facilities,
  group homes, hospitals, and will also learn how
  to care for clients who are living in their own
  homes.

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Description

• Upon completion PSW(personal support worker)
  diploma program and Course Students will be able
  to assist with home management responsibilities
  including shopping, light house cleaning and meal
  preparation, assist with family responsibilities
  and aide the client with social and recreational
  activities. The objective of this program is to
  provide graduates with a foundation to care for
  the safety of their clients, while demonstrating
  sensitivity and respect for those in their care.

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Course Duration

• 35 Weeks

• Personal Support Worker Courses

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Course Outline

• Individuality of the Person
• Role of the Personal Support worker
• Interpersonal Skills
• Safety
• Assisting a Person with Mobility
• Abuse
• Household Management and Meal Preparation
• Providing Optimal Support/Care Planning
• Assisting a person with Personal Hygiene

• Assisting the Family
• Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health Issues
• Assisting a Person to Manage Ongoing Conditions
• Assisting a Person with Medications
• Assisting a Person who is Dying
• Review and NACC Final Theory Examination
• Clinical Placement (school supervised)

• Personal Support Worker Programs

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Course Outcomes

• Upon successful completion of this Personal
  Support worker Courses(PSW) students will be able
  to

• Provide support and assistance with social and
  recreational activities
• Provide personal care to clients including
  dressing, personal hygiene, mobility and other
  routine activities of daily living in accordance
  with the Regulated Health Professionals Act
• Demonstrate support for the independent action of
  the client

• Recognize and respect the interests, rights and
  needs of the clients they care for
• Perform home management tasks such as shopping,
  light house cleaning and meal preparation
• Handle family responsibilities such as routine
  care giving to children

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Course Outcomes

• Recognize the importance of the PSW as a member
  of the Health Care team
• Ensure that their own activities and needs do not
  interfere with their judgment and performance on
  the job
• Demonstrate empathy, respect and encouragement
  for clients
• Recognize the mutually beneficial relationship
  between client and PSW
• Identify, use and care for equipment safely and
  correctly
• Assist with active range of motion exercises as
  prescribed
• Recognize the possible signs of abuse and report
  observations to the appropriate person
• Prepare nutritious, well balanced meals for
  clients with specific dietary needs

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Course Outcomes

• Recognize the factors that can influence the
  behavior of clients who require assistance in the
  activities of daily living
• Identify infection control measures and use
  personal protective equipment
• Identify factors such as illness, fatigue,
  stress, sensory overload, pain, fear, frustration
  and depression that can further affect the
  functioning of a client
• Accurately measure medications according to
  directions
• Demonstrate the ability to use the "Medication
  Problem A.C.T.I.O.N Plan" developed by the
  Canadian Pharmacists Association

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Career Opportunities

• Personal Support Worker
• Home Health Care Worker
• Personal Care Attendant
• Health Care Aid
• Hospital Attendant
• Nurses Aide
• Nursing Attendant
• Orderly
• Patient Care Aid
• Patient Services Associate
• Visiting Homemaker

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Objective

• PSW Courses play a key role in society, their
  attitude and abilities are critical to the
  comfort, security, and health of the people that
  they support. As a part of this program, students
  will have the opportunity to practice what they
  have learned through participating in a
  supervised placement.

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Brampton Campus
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Address Unit 110, 350 Rutherford Road South
Plaza 2, Brampton, Ontario, L6W 4N6
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