Personal Support Worker Personal Support Worker

6 month diploma program

Start your career as a Personal Support Worker sooner with Westervelt College.

Are you looking for a career with many job openings and ever growing career opportunities? Then make Westervelt’s Personal Support Worker Diploma Program your first choice. At Westervelt, you’ll be fully prepared to care for and enhance the lives of the elderly, the chronically ill and people with physical disabilities, enabling you to get started on your career in just 23 weeks.

This comprehensive diploma program prepares you for a career in Hospitals, Long-Term Care Facilities or assisting patients in a residential setting. The very hands-on nature of learning at Westervelt gives you lots of opportunity to bring your skills to life in our state-of-the-art Personal Support Worker Lab. You’ll then immerse yourself in caring for patients during the Facility and Community field placement.

Successful graduates are qualified to become certified Personal Support Workers, through the National Association of Career Colleges.

Enroll in the Personal Support Worker Diploma Program at Westervelt College and start making life better for the frail and elderly – now.

Wage Range

$28,157 - $31,533
* wage data taken from www.tcu.gov.on.ca

C. La Plante
Featured Faculty Member - Healthcare Faculty:

B. TavenerA Registered Nurse with a strong background teaching at the college level, LaPlante also possesses a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and is trained as a Social Service Worker. She is also qualified in Emergency, Intensive Care Units, Medical, Surgical, Chronic, Rehabilitation, Palliative, and Long Term Care.



"Today, just six days after writing my final exam at Westervelt, I was offered a job in my field. In three days I had three interviews! What a great feeling."

- Leanne S., Westervelt Graduate



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