Certificate - Personal Support Worker
- 1 year
- Duration
- 17,114 CAD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Certificate
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Toronto / Canada
- Location
Program description
You'll learn the skills you need to help clients and their families thrive in both the community and institutional settings during this year-long credential program.
As a student in this program, you will grow in a variety of ways, with an emphasis on developing skills that highlight value, genuine sensitivity, and regard for the uniqueness of each client.
You will be able to collaborate with other members of the care and support team, such as Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Social support Workers, to take advantage of cross-disciplinary and/or inter-professional learning opportunities.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Communicating Across Contexts or
- Communicating Across Contexts (Enriched)
- Foundations of Personal Support Worker Practice I
- Providing Family Support I
- The Human Body, Chronic Illness and Disease
- PSW Basic Care Lab Skills
Semester 2
- Foundations of Personal Support Worker Practice II
- Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health Issues
- Providing Family Support II
- Palliative Care
- Personal Support Worker Community Clinical Placement
- Personal Support Worker - Facility Clinic Placement
Price
Tuition fees - 17,114 CAD
Books and Supply Costs - 830 CAD
Please note: All costs are approximate, may vary by campus and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Requirements for applicants
Academic Requirements:
- High school transcripts for grades 10, 11 and 12 showing all program specific pre-requisite courses.
- High school/secondary school diploma (certificate of completion).
- You may submit transcripts or certificates for any completed university/postsecondary college courses or programs taken inside or outside of Canada.
- Academic records that are in a language other than English must include an official/certified English translation.
Seneca reserves the right to verify submitted transcripts at any time. For courses and credentials earned inside of Canada, Seneca reserves the right to request original transcripts be sent directly to Seneca from the issuing institution. Applicants will be notified if this is needed.
English Proficiency Requirements:
If English is not your first language, show one of the following:
- Minimum of two years full-time study in an English-speaking nation
- Minimum one year of full-time postsecondary education in an English-speaking nation
- Successful completion of an intense English program like the English Language Institute
- English proficiency exam results from one of the international testing agencies. Only two-year-old tests are valid.
English language test score requirements
- CAEL CE and CAEL online - Minimum 60
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - Minimum 169 with no skill below 162
- Duolingo - Minimum score 105 to 110
- IELTS Academic - Minimum 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
- PTE Academic - Minimum score 58
- TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition) - Minimum 80 with no skill below 20
- TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered - No skill below 20
About the university
A public institution with many campuses in Peterborough, Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area is called Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. At the bachelor, diploma, certificate, and graduate levels, it provides both full-time and part-time programs.
Seneca has been involved in foreign education for many years and today draws over 10,000 students from over 130 different nations each year. Through intense language instruction that may last anywhere from two months to more than a year, Seneca's English Language Institute helps overseas students become ready for post-secondary education. The college has a number of alliances with schools abroad and is growing its efforts in collaborative applied research and work/study abroad opportunities.
Seneca in a Nutshell
- With 30,000 full-time students and more than 70,000 registrations for continuing education each year, this institution is among the biggest in Canada.
- 7,000 foreign students from more than 150 nations make up a diversified student body.
- In terms of connections to other postsecondary institutions, Ontario colleges rank first.
- In Toronto, York Region, and Peterborough, there are ten campuses.
- Every year, on average, 8,000 bursaries and 2,600 Seneca scholarships/awards are given out.
