Find a Registered Personal Support Worker (PSW)
Accessibility

OPSWA Members

Home/Accueil » Applicants » OPSWA Members

OPSWA Members – How to Apply for HSCPOA PSW Registration

Welcome to HSCPOA’s PSW Application process! PSWs are vital members of Ontario’s health care system.

The Health and Supportive Care Providers Oversight Authority (HSCPOA) holds registered Personal Support Workers (PSWs) accountable to HSCPOA’s Code of Ethics to deliver safe, quality, ethical care. HSCPOA evaluates the eligibility of individuals who are applying for registration as a PSW in Ontario, enhancing public trust in registered PSWs and respect for the work they do. 

Most OPSWA members can apply for registration with HSCPOA through either Path 1 or Path 2. The documentation you submitted during your application to become an OPSWA member is similar and can be used during HSCPOA’s PSW registration process, with some exceptions.

Each OPSWA member must set up an account and apply directly to HSCPOA through the online application form.

Path 1

Ontario PSW Education 

OPSWA members who completed PSW education in Ontario on or after July 1, 2014, can apply for registration with HSCPOA through Path 1.

Select Pathway >

Path 2

Employed as PSW in Ontario 

OPSWA members who completed PSW education in Ontario before July 1, 2014, and have PSW work experience in Ontario in the past three years can apply for registration with HSCPOA through Path 2, Experience + Education.

Those who have never been formally educated as a PSW but have gained PSW skills through work experience AND have worked as a PSW in Ontario for at least 600 hours in the past three years can apply for registration with HSCPOA through Path 2, Experience only.

Select Pathway >

GET IN TOUCH

Have questions?

Learn more:

About HSCPOA   |   Benefits to Registration   |   Answers to FAQs   |   Videos  |   Information sheets   

Differences Between an Oversight Body vs. Association

Through regulation, the public can be confident that HSCPOA registered PSWs deliver safe, competent, ethical, quality, accountable care to recipients in hospitals, long-term care facilities, retirement homes, home care, or other Ontario healthcare environments.