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Personal Support Worker

Personal Support Worker Program

Learn more about our new and exciting PSW program.

This program is available* at the following locations:

  • North Bay 
    Cassellholme – September 2023
  • Parry Sound
    Belvedere Heights – February 2023 - intake is completed
  • Sturgeon Falls
    West Nipissing General Hospital – September 2023
  • Mattawa
    Algonquin Nursing Home – September 2023*ALL PROGRAMS RUN PENDING ENROLLMENT

For more information please contact: psw-application@nearnorthschools.ca

Apply Now:

Step 1:
Attend the virtual information sessions – schedule to be posted in 2023

Check back here for virtual recordings

Step 2:
Gather evidence from our checklist.

Step 3:
Complete a literacy assessment

Bring evidence from the checklist to the literacy assessment

Check back here for scheduled sessions from January 2023 until August 2023

Step 4:
Intake interview

The interview typically follows the literacy assessment. We ask that you present ALL documents from the checklist at this interview.

However, we recommend waiting to apply for your vulnerable sector check until 2 weeks before the program start. You CANNOT start the program without a receipt for your record check.

BEFORE YOU START! Please see this Checklist to Start that is mandatory for all PSW students. Completing the checklist takes some time, and we want students to be aware of the requirements well in advance.

Here is the link to the mandatory medical form that must be completed.

 

INTERESTED? LET US KNOW! Please fill out and submit this fillable registration form to let us know you are interested in the PSW program. Please check for program availability below. We will follow up with details and requirements. If registering on your phone, please download the PDF form, save it, and reopen it for the best results.

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.

Spaces are limited.

BEFORE YOU START!

Please see this Checklist to Start that is mandatory for all PSW students. Completing the checklist takes some time, and we want students to be aware of requirements well in advance.

INTERESTED? LET US KNOW!

Please fill out and submit this fillable registration form to let us know you are interested in the PSW program. Please check for program availability below. We will follow up with details and requirements. If registering on your phone, please download the PDF form, save it, and reopen for the best results.

Literacy Assessment

See what will be involved in your literacy assessment.

Media releases about the program

For more information about the program, please read NNDSB's recent media releases:

  • NNDSB PSW graduates filling community labour gaps
  • Students, community parter laud board's PSW program
  • PSW students heading to class for the first time today
  • West Nipissing and Mattawa media release
  • North Bay media release
  • Parry Sound media release

Join our Government Funded Personal Support worker program!
Registration for 2023 is now open.

TRAIN TO BE A PSW IN THE LIVING CLASSROOM

NNDSB has partnered with Cassellholme in North Bay, Belvedere Heights 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 Laurentian Learning Centre, 705-472-5419 Ext. 5995.

Personal Support Worker Program Brochure
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