Personal Support Worker Program
Learn more about our new and exciting PSW program.
Train to be a PSW in the living classroom
NNDSB has partnered with Cassellholme in North Bay, Belvedere Heights and Lakeland Long-Term Care in Parry Sound, West Nipissing General Hospital in Sturgeon Falls and Algonquin Nursing Home in Mattawa to provide Personal Support Worker (PSW) training in a living classroom. Participants will do their theoretical learning in a classroom then apply those skills on the floor of the long-term care home. Learn more in the video below.
This opportunity is available to people aged 18 and older. Participants who do not have a Grade 12 diploma can earn up to six Ontario Secondary School Diploma credits while training to become a PSW. If you are interested, you can request an educational assessment by contacting Vice-Principal Sarah Spence at Laurentian Learning Centre, 705-472-5419 Ext. 5990.
Supported by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, the student costs for this specialty program will be subsidized. Successful students of this program will become fully qualified as a PSW.
NNDSB is in the process of hiring a qualified instructor who is a RN or a NP with experience working in this field. The tentative start date is Feb. 28, 2022 with completion in mid-August.
Spaces are limited.
INTERESTED? LET US KNOW!
Anyone interested should plan to attend an upcoming information session:
- Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. Click here to join the meeting
- Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Click here to join the meeting
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Media Releases about the program
For more information about the program, please read NNDSB's recent media releases:
