Ontario is in urgent need of Personal Support Workers (PSW). By 2026, Ontario needs to train 24,000 PSWs
You can make a huge difference in the lives of people within your community.
Ontario is now offering new incentives of up to $25,400 to students and recent graduates of personal support worker education programs, including:
- Up to $5,400 to students while they complete their clinical placement in long-term care or home and community care;
- $10,000 for current students and recent graduates who commit to working in a long-term care home or with a home and community care service provider for 12 months; and
- $10,000 to help with relocation costs to graduates who commit to working in a long-term care home or with a home and community care service provider in a rural, remote or northern community for 12 months.
Right now, Ontario is offering incentives to students and newly graduated personal support workers. You could get up to $25,400 as you start your new career.
Placement stipend for students
What it is: Up to $5,400 while you complete your clinical placement in a long-term care home or in home and community care.
How you get it: You get paid by your employer.
Your employer must submit an online request for a clinical placement stipend on your behalf through Ontario Health.
Commitment incentives for new graduates
What it is: Commit to working in a long-term care home or with a home and community care provider for 12 months you can receive $10,000, and another $10,000 if the home or provider is in a rural, remote or northern location.
How you get it: You must be a student or have graduated after April 1, 2023. Complete the PSWExpression of Interest Form on the Ontario Health website, indicating that you will commit to working in a long-term care home for 12 months. This information will be shared with potential employers. Once you are hired, you and your employer will sign an agreement and the home will submit it to Ontario Health. You will receive instalment payments at 6 months and 12 months. For the rural, remote and northern incentive, you will receive instalment payments on your first day of employment, at six months and 12 months.
