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Emigrate to Canada as a Home Child Care Provider or Home Support Worker - There's good news for home child care providers and home support workers looking to emigrate to Canada as permanent residents. The Canadian Government has launched the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot, 5-year pilot programs that let qualified caregivers and… … Continue reading "Emigrate to Canada as a Home Child Care Provider or Home Support Worker"
More field hours, so many different avenues in certified personal support worker program - I recommend the CPSW program at CCS ACADEMY to anyone who is looking to get into healthcare. There are so many different avenues available in which to choose that the possibilities and opportunities are endless. Although this is an at home study course, you can… … Continue reading "More field hours, so many different avenues in certified personal support worker program" Healthcare worker succeeds in new position in her workplace with help from certified personal support worker program - Being a mother of two small children, taking this course gave me the opportunity to still be involved with family, work a full-time job in health care, and study for my CPSW in between. My overall experience taking the CPSW was amazing and I would… … Continue reading "Healthcare worker succeeds in new position in her workplace with help from certified personal support worker program" The future for Certified Caregivers/PSWs - Over three years, the total hourly wage for PSWs will increase by up to $4.00, raising the base wage of publicly funded PSWs to at least $16.50 per hour by April 1, 2016. There are approximately 100,000 PSWs working across Ontario’s health care system. More… … Continue reading "The future for Certified Caregivers/PSWs"
Online learning is the future of education - Over 25 years ago I wanted online courses, believed in the purity of education to advance knowledge, career and personal development. At last we have returned to this with the teaching and hybrid of online courses. For continuous, adult learners the web has provided an… … Continue reading "Online learning is the future of education" New plan for Ontario government – self-directed care - The latest plan of the Ontario government is to make PSWs employees of the state to deliver home care. We have become a nanny province with the Wynn government getting into the business of providing home care directly, quietly creating a new agency. Five years… … Continue reading "New plan for Ontario government – self-directed care" How do I get a job as a PSW? - The 1000 hour CCSCARE ONLINE Academy Program for Personal Support Workers, and health care aides is the first in Canada to teach online, while students are working in front line health care services or deciding on a career as a Certified Caregiver/PSW. PSW training gives… … Continue reading "How do I get a job as a PSW?"