Benefits to Registration

The creation of HSCPOA recognizes the important role that PSWs play in the Ontario healthcare system and strengthens health human resources oversight by ensuring quality care, consistency of education and training of PSWs, and transparency for the public regarding the PSW workforce. Through regulation, the public can be confident that registered PSWs deliver safe, competent, ethical, quality care to recipients in hospitals, long-term care facilities, retirement homes, home care, or other Ontario healthcare environments.

Reasons to apply to register with the Health and Supportive Care Providers Oversight Authority (HSCPOA):

Trust, respect and recognition.

Personal support workers are the largest group of unregulated health care providers. Being registered shows you’ve met qualifications and are committed to protecting the public by being held accountable for safe, quality, ethical care.

It builds the reputation of PSWs.

When you are registered with HSCPOA, it shows you are accountable to provide safe, quality care like other regulated, health providers including nurses, dietitians and physiotherapists.

It makes you stand out.

Being registered differentiates you from unregistered PSWs who are not accountable to an oversight body.

More employment opportunities.

Being on our Public Register means employers and the public can easily find you in a list of qualified, registered PSWs. Employers may prefer to hire HSCPOA registered PSWs.

You can use the HSCPOA Visual Mark.

Colleagues, employers and recipients of your services will immediately recognize you as a PSW registered with HSCPOA.

It’s free and voluntary.

There is currently no cost to become registered and be part of HSCPOA’s Public Register.

Visit How to become a registrant to learn more.

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