Requirements for Capacity Builders’ Instructors

We are seeking PSW instructors in various locations across Ontario with the following qualifications:

• demonstrated strong adult education skills (minimum 2 years’ training/facilitation experience)
• demonstrated breadth and depth in subject matter, and hands-on experience with the subject/subject population
• current knowledge of best practice in the subject matter
  
• demonstrated knowledge of and respect for the work of front-line Support Workers
• knowledge of the skills, approaches and techniques Support Workers need to assist clients and the ability to focus on these in a workshop setting
  
• the ability to work in an independent setting
• current experience in community services/facility long-term care would be an asset

Workshops	Requirements
Mobility and Handling Skills Certificate Workshop (Client/Patient Lifts and Transfers)	Membership in good standing and without restriction with either the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario or the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.
Falls Management	Membership in good standing and without restriction with either the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario or the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario.
Skin and Wound Care	Membership in good standing and without restriction with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
PSW Role in Medication Support	Membership, in good standing and without restriction with the Ontario College of Pharmacists.