Home Support Worker
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Course Overview
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Admission Requirements
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Course Outline
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Career Opportunities
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Financial Aid
Course Overview
The Home Support Worker Certificate Program applies a hands-on approach with practical application assignments throughout the program. The intention is for students to become thoroughly familiar with how to effectively provide assistance for their clients in the community. Each subject is aligned to the core competencies and their supporting outcomes.
Program Type
- Certificate
Duration
- 460 hours/21 weeks
- Number of Classroom Hours: 350
- Placement Hours: 110
Delivery Method
- Classroom (Instructor Led)
- Hybrid
- Job Shawoding Placement.
Lab/Workshop/Field Work
Admission Requirements
Standard Admission
- Technical Literacy Test score of at least 18 OR IELTS English Test average score of 6.0 with no score lower than 5.5 OR TOEFL overall score of 80 with a minimum of 20 in each component.
- Signed Vulnerable Sector Disclaimer and Canada-wide Police Clearance of Criminal Record including Vulnerable Sector within 45 business days of program start date.
- Completed Immunization report returned to the College at least 45 days prior to clinical placement
- Free from communicable disease, up-to-date immunization status, and sufficient fitness level to complete clinical placement.
- Clear COVID-19 test within one week of practicum start date in accordance with Public Health requirements
- Meet admission requirements established by the private career college, including age and academic qualifications.
Course Outline
Course Name | Hours |
| Essential Skills | 20 |
| Microsoft Windows | 40 |
| Microsoft Word | 40 |
| Microsoft Excel | 40 |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | 40 |
| Microsoft Access | 40 |
| Outlook and Email | 20 |
| Communications Essentials | 20 |
| Business Communications | 60 |
| Office Procedures | 80 |
| Accounting Essentials | 40 |
| Employment Achievement Strategies | 20 |
| Anatomy & Body Systems | 60 |
| Healthcare Terminology | 60 |
| Records Management & Scheduling | 60 |
| Health Office Transcription | 80 |
| Health Office Billing | 80 |
| Medical Law & Ethics | 20 |
Career Opportunities
Home support workers provide personal care and companionship for seniors, persons with disabilities and convalescent clients. Care is provided within the client’s residence, in which the home support worker may also reside. They are employed by home care and support agencies, private households, or they may be self-employed. Housekeepers perform housekeeping and other home management duties in private households and other non-institutional, residential settings.
Illustrative example(s)
- Attendant for persons with disabilities – home care
- Family caregiver
- Home support worker
- Housekeeper
- Live-in caregiver – seniors
- Personal aide – home support
- Personal care attendant – home care
- Respite worker – home support
Duties and Responsibilities of Home Support Workers
- Assisting or providing total personal care such as toileting, bathing, and perineal care.
- Assisting with ambulation, positioning, and transferring using mechanical lifts such as a Hoyer lift.
- Performing sitter duty or patient watch for confused patients in clinical care settings.
- Assisting with eating, dressing, and grooming.
- Generally, assist the client with any activity they would do if able to live independently.
- Do Grocery Shopping and Prepare Meals
- Preparing meals
Job Profile
- NOC 4412
- HSW $14.25 Min, $18 Median, $25/hr Max
- Labour Market Outlook: Good – across Ontario, due to the increasing number of the aging population
Financial Aid is available to those who qualify
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The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) is a financial aid program designed to assist with college or university expenses. OSAP provides funding in the form of grants, which do not require repayment, and student loans that need to be repaid after completing your education
Better Jobs Ontario Program provides laid-off workers with
- Financial support
- Skills training to help them find jobs in high-demand occupations in Ontario.
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TORONTO CAMPUS |
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SEP 11, 2023 |
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Weekday - Morning |
Who is this program designed for?
HSW is Designed for students interested in a career in the healthcare field. Our students find that theory classes combined with the practical application of the programs help them to master the skills at a faster pace.