Credits:
3
This course will introduce the learner to the health care system, the team, the legislation that governs the role of the Personal Support Worker, and the legal rights and responsibilities of the client, their family and the PSW. Concepts will be explored that pertain to building therapeutic relationships, ethics, values and beliefs, teamwork, working under supervision, and accepting and understanding delegation. Students will learn to interpret established plans of care and contribute to the plans’ modifications through appropriate observations, reporting and documenting.