Recent PSW Graduation Article
February 15, 2010 at 7:22 pm | Posted in psw, psw canada, psw school | 1 CommentTags: canada, newspaper, personal support worker, personal support worker canada, personal support worker school, psw canada, psw course, psw school
I was e-mailed a link the other day for a rare yet informative personal support worker newspaper article. It was published in the small market Bancroft This Week. The author visited a PSW graduation at Loyalist College. Nothing overtly ground breaking was reported, although the article did yield a few interesting quotes.
Here’s a quote from mature graduate Sherry Marshall:
“Returning to school as a mature student was a huge challenge and it feels great to now be a college graduate… I’m so glad that I returned to school because I would not be in this position today without my PSW certification.”
Tom Malloy, the Dean of Skills training at the school summed up the demand for this (and all courses) rather succinctly.
“Students are drawn to the fact that they are able to complete their certification within a short period of time, graduating with the qualifications necessary to work within the health-care field.”
This particular PSW Course can be taken in one of the two following formats. A compressed 24 week course and a longer 32 week version. Both include co-op placements.
For more information on this course you can visit Loyalist College . You can also check out the following link for a comprehensive listing of PSW Courses across Ontario
Late October Update
October 23, 2009 at 7:17 pm | Posted in psw, psw canada | Leave a commentTags: canada, psw, psw canada, psw course
Hey everyone. Been a while, not much is new on the job front.
Random Net Surfing
I came across an interesting article on the personal support worker employment cycle. The short article lists a numerous reasons as to why PSW jobs are hard to come by currently. Some of the main points are; school (free co-op), economy and current workers trying to max out overtime after summer vacations.
Has anyone found this out to be true? I’ve done a quick search of the Canadian Job Bank and there appears to be a number of jobs offered by AgTa homecare and very few by others.
New Years Resolution
On the job front I’m going to take advantage of my employers various course and training modules in 2010. Sorta a new years resolution. There’s no cost to take these courses and they should make me more desirable to employers.
PSW
November 6, 2008 at 6:37 pm | Posted in personal support worker, psw, psw job, psw school | Leave a commentTags: canada, jobs, ontario, personal support worker, personal support worker canada, personal support worker jobs, personal support worker ontario, personal support worker school, psw, psw course, psw jobs, psw school, psw toronto
PSW
Have you ever thought about becoming a personal support worker in the province of Ontario or in any other part of Canada?
Today’s PSW is one of the better paid positions vs time in school. Most courses only take a year to complete and the starting wage is right around $15.
PSW Jobs are in high demand, yet many employers simply cannot fill up all of their required positions.
This is due to many factors, including the baby boomer retirement period that we are currently in.
You may enter a personal support worker school at either the college or private level. A college certficate may carry more weight with some employers but it is more expensive than a private education.
For more info on these topics and anything else, you can visit Personals Support Worker PSW, the internet’s #1 PSW website.
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