Students from the Personal Support Worker (PSW) program at Carrefour Options+ and Villa St-Gabriel Villa were recently awarded their PSW certification in a gala graduation ceremony.
The group was pleased to present formal certificates from the Ontario Long Term Care Association for eight new PSW graduates, said a news release from Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon.
The graduation ceremony was held in the Villa St-Gabriel Villa, where students completed their learning throughout the school year, both in class, theoretical and practical hands-on lab and critical practice.
The graduating students celebrated this important milestone in the company of family and friends, as well as Villa St-Gabriel Villa and Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon dignitaries, said the release.
With this certification, the new graduates will begin their careers as a PSW in various health organizations and/or agencies looking for skilled and compassionate qualified bilingual staff.
Carrefour Options+, CSC Nouvelon’s continuing education school, has offered the Personal Support Worker (PSW) program in Sudbury since January 2023, said the release.
Offered to students 18 years of age and older, this program allows those interested in becoming a PSW to be trained in French in order to provide care to individuals and families in a variety of settings, including long-term residential institutions and community home care agencies. CSC Nouvelon is the second school board to offer this program in French in Ontario.
"While Northern Ontario is experiencing a shortage in health care personnel, Carrefour Options+ and CSC Nouvelon are proud to be able to train caregivers who are well equipped to work in both French and English and able to support families in our region," said Paul Henry, Director of Education and Secretary-Treasurer of CSC Nouvelon.
