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Start Your Career As A
Personal Support Worker Today

Become a PSW Worker in Ontario

The Personal Support Worker program at Jyot’s Academy focuses on extensive training that will give you the right skills to kickstart a rewarding and fulfilling career in the healthcare industry. It is a 28-week long program that’s divided into theory and practicum placements. Our program is accredited by NACC and ensures you can provide the best care and assistance to your clients and their families. Students can choose flexible training hours from Monday to Friday.

Program Highlights

- Become a Personal Support Worker in just 28 weeks 

- Learn theoretical knowledge and practical skills to become a crucial part of your client’s support team 

- We offer flexible training hours from Monday to Friday 

- We offer flexible payment options and financing solutions to our students 

- Set your own work hours

Program Curriculum 

- PSW Foundations 

- Safety And Mobility 

- Body Systems

- Assisting with Personal Hygiene

- Abuse And Neglect

- Household Management, Nutrition and Hydration

- Care Planning, Restorative Care, Electronic Documentation, and Working in the Community

- Assisting the Family / Growth and Development

- Assisting the Dying Person

- Assisting with Medications

- Cognitive and Mental Health Issues, and Brain Injuries

- Health Conditions

- Practicum

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” — Dalai Lama

Scopes and responsibilities as a Personal Support Worker

Your job as a PSW involves helping clients with a multitude of everyday activities, including but not limited to:

 

- Assist with personal hygiene, personal care, and laundry 

- Assist with house chores including grocery shopping, meal preparation, and house cleaning 

- Cooperate with your client’s family and care team 

- Teach life skills 

- Check and record vital signs, clinical and treatment findings, behavioural changes  

- Maintain a clean working environment 

- Teach clients’ life skills 

- Provide emotional and support services to client and their families

 

We, at Jyot’s Academy, are dedicated to offering you the best quality education and training. Reach out to us to learn more about our PSW program.

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Your Career Starts Here

After graduating from Jyot’s Academy as a Personal Support Worker, we’ll assist you in resume building and connecting you with job placement agencies to find a job.

 

Job prospects include long-term care facilities, retirement homes, hospitals, group homes, adult day programs, and also provide home care services to clients living at home among other facilities. According to NACC guidelines, “The PSW Program prepares graduates to provide supportive care to individuals, including clients experiencing cognitive impairment, physical disability, and mental health challenges across their lifespan by assisting them with their activities of daily living.”

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