personal support workers
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Fleming College offers tuition-free personal support worker training programOntario's accelerated PSW training program is a tuition-free opportunity for 6,000 new students and is expected to only take six months to complete, rather than the typical eight.EducationMay 27
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Accelerated PSW training program applications now accepted at Mohawk CollegeThe program is part of $115 million in Ontario government funding to train up to 8,200 new PSWs.EducationMar 8
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Ontario PSW pay gap hurts home care services, advocate group says, calls for more fundingAccording to a study released last year, PSWs in Ontario long-term care homes make an average hourly wage of $22.69, compared a $17.30 hourly rate paid to home care PSWs.HealthMar 7
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Red River College offering free week-long program to bolster personal care home staffManitoba's Red River College is partnering with the provincial government on a program to bolster staffing levels at personal care homes amid surging COVID-19 cases.HealthNov 19, 2020
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2 Ontario colleges offer free personal support worker courses to address shortageTwo Ontario colleges have partnered with a home-care services company to offer free courses that certify personal support workers in a bid to address a shortage of the employees during the pandemic.CanadaOct 21, 2020
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Ontario personal support workers get pay raise in bid to boost pandemic recruitment effortsPremier Doug Ford says about 147,000 workers in long-term care, hospitals, and community care are eligible for the increase.HealthOct 1, 2020
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Refugee nurses admitted to Canada under pilot program ready to work as PSWsDespite COVID-19 travel restrictions that prevent most people from coming to Canada, the two nurses were exempted, resettled under a pilot project to bring skilled refugees to the country.CanadaSep 19, 2020
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‘A failed venture’: Unifor president says Canada needs better long-term care systemJerry Dias, the president of Canada's largest private sector union, says Canada needs "a better system than we have today."HealthMay 24, 2020
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Fanshawe College PSW students two weeks away from completing program unable to graduate"We were hoping to receive a letter stating that we have successfully completed the course, allowing them to hire us on a permanent basis as opposed to a conditional offer."HealthMay 1, 2020
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Coronavirus: Ontario directive clearing asymptomatic staff for care home work raises questions"We have to be particularly careful, so that's something I would be very concerned about as a province-wide strategy," Health Minister Christine Elliott said.CanadaApr 14, 2020
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