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PSW Canada and our network of volunteers are dedicated to supplying the best possible resources and opportunities to ALL Personal Support Workers.
Our goal is to be the first source Personal Support Workers turn to for answers to their questions, information on training and upgrades, and to network with other PSWs and caregivers across Canada. To this end, we will strive to become the single largest network of PSWs in Ontario and eventually all caregivers across Canada.
PSW Canada has become the voice for PSWs, representing them in meetings with the government, and helping to connect them to other organizations to ensure the best working conditions, and protection from harm.
Our future aspirations include the formation of an official association of Personal Support Workers to establish standards and qualifications within the field. With this association, we will not only build better, stronger PSWs, we will also become an advocate for the rights of seniors and all individuals in the care of PSWs, demanding the highest quality of living and working conditions. | Free membership Basic membership is free and includes access to all public articles, news, and our public forums. Feel free to browse the main menu and see just how much information we have compiled. Then check out our forum and browse our discussions, articles and stories. Plus JOB POSTINGS Click here for your free membership! | Paid Membership Paid membership opens access to our private, members-only forums, important information and resources, plus discounts on all future PSW Canada events. Once you register for your free account, click the "Upgrade Membership" link that will appear on the left menu to upgrade your account. | |
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PSW Canada 1st Annual PSW Appreciation Night!
DATE: APRIL 10th, 2010
LOCATION: WAREHOUSE DINER 190 King George Rd. Brantford Ontario Phone : 519-753-4637 TIME: 4pm ~ Initial Meet and Greet 6pm ~ Dinner 7pm ~ Presentations and Speeches Appreciating Personal Support Workers 8pm ~ Dance till WHENEVER! PSW Appreciation Night is about APPRECIATING our Front line Workers! Never before has there been a night like ours! PSW Canada would like the opportunity to say THANK YOU for doing what you do EVERYDAY! Come on out and have a great time! There will be a Cash Bar. There will be Door Prizes and Draws. There will be a DJ! We are looking forward to having an exciting evening of dinner, dancing, making new friends, and speakers who will inspire you and recognize you as a group of invaluable front line health care workers. *Two dollars from every ticket sale will be donated to the Alzheimer Society of Brant County*
TICKETS ONE ~ 25.00 CLICK HERE TWO ~ 45.00 CLICK HERE * Group Rates Available* |
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The Inside Scoop ~ Part 2 |
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Team Work what a great word that is… I worked as a PSW in a daycare setting, and let me tell you it was like pulling teeth to get some of my co-workers to help me out. I was the only one with a disabled child and I would have appreciated the little things. Every so often when I was changing him a few girls would put the child’s bed away and gosh was I grateful! It may have not seemed that i needed the help but when some one offered to help me out, I took it. It goes both ways maybe you’ll need a hand doing something and a co-worker has a few mins to help YOU out. When you’re a PSW you need team work more than anyone else, you need it to get thing going or organized. You need to be on the same page fror everything. Talk to your co-workers when you can, believe it or not they have strengths and abilities that you may not have. You can always learn from others. Get to know them and be friendly. If you can help out your co-worker DO IT. It’s the small things that count and are noticed more than anything. If you are having a conflict with your fellow co-workers talk about it, get it out in the open. The more you let it linger the more its going to eat you apart, get it out and talk you’ll feel better and I bet they will too! Figure out a solution, There is always one. Remember theses things: Team – a number of persons associated in some joint action. Work - exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something. Team Work – cooperative or coordinated effort on the part of a group of persons acting together as a team or in the interests of a common cause. WORK TOGETHER YOU NEED EACH OTHER! ~ A Personal Support Worker |
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