At La Cité Collégiale in Ottawa, Canada, Cert in Préposé aux services de soutien personnel (offert à Welland,ON) is offered as a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 6,539 per semester (CAD 1,385 per semester for local students).
Offert en collaboration avec le Foyer Richelieu à Welland, ce programme de préposé aux services de soutien personnel se donne à temps plein en mode hybride : cours théoriques à distance par visioconférence et laboratoires dans les installations du Foyer Richelieu. La formation, complétée par des exercices en laboratoire et quatre stages obligatoires en milieu de travail, prépare à fournir des soins complets aux personnes souffrant de diverses maladies, en établissement ou à domicile, en appliquant de façon sécuritaire et compétente les plans de soins et de services.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Domestic entry requires the Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or success in La Cité's mature-applicant test for candidates 19 or over without a diploma. A good command of English is required because clinical placements can take place in a bilingual environment and students must communicate in English with clients and care teams; some placements fall outside the Welland area, arranging them is the student's own responsibility, and the placement site must be approved by programme coordination. Placement prerequisites include a properly fitted N95 mask, a clean vulnerable-sector or criminal-record check less than six months old, a student ID card, an up-to-date immunisation record, a Level C CPR/AED certificate valid throughout the programme, WHMIS training, and worker health-and-safety awareness training; clinical placements may run evenings, nights or weekends depending on site availability. The page sets no numeric English- or French-proficiency test score.
Application Details
Start Date:Starts in autumn (September) or winter (January). La Cité's international application guide adds that a programme begun in winter carries a compulsory spring term.
Application Deadline:No fixed cut-off published for this programme. La Cité classes it as a regular (non-quota) programme, which means it keeps taking applications while places remain and makes an offer once the file is complete. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for Fall 2027 entry the online application opened on 26 September 2026, colleges may start sending offers from 1 November 2026, and 1 February 2027 is the equal-consideration date. Many programmes carry on accepting applicants after that date on a first-come basis until they fill or open a waiting list, so check the college's programme-availability table before you apply. International applicants: this programme is not on La Cite's programme-availability table for international candidates, read 6 September 2026 - the college's complete list of the programmes international students may be admitted to - so it is not open to international applicants. Choose a programme that table lists before paying the non-refundable CAD 350 international application fee.
