Personal Support Worker (PSW)

Personal support workers (PSW) play a vital role in the health-care industry, working in private homes or health-care facilities to help provide patients with care and comfort.

Personal Support Worker (PSW) Responsibilities

• Care for people and families during periods of illness or recovery.
• Provide bedside and personal care to clients and help them move, bathe, groom and get dressed and undressed.
• Plan and prepare meals.
• Teach new parents to care for an infant.
• Change non-sterile dressings and give oral medications as instructed by your home care agency or supervisor.
• Help with light housekeeping – for example, do laundry, wash dishes and make beds.
• Spend time talking with your clients.

Important PSW skills

Problem solving, language skills, organized, Understand and follow emergency procedures.