Inside the Circle – December 13, 2022

Circle of Care requires that all PSWs and Homemakers be certified with valid and current CPR training, and that employees be properly fitted for N95 masks. Upcoming sessions for both CPR and mask fit have been booked for November. Appointments must be booked through our vendor, First Aid Care, and can be booked by calling 905-272-9214 or by clicking the button down below.

Important reminders – please read:

• Please arrive at the training session 15 minutes before the class begins.
• After you have booked your appointment, please speak to your Service Coordinator if you need any scheduling arrangements and have clients that you will need to be booked off from to attend the CPR and/or mask fit training. Please try to book a date/time where you do not have client visits scheduled.
• Your schedule will be blocked as ‘unavailable’ for you to attend the session. You do not need to use your phone to sign into the training.
• You will be paid a total of 4 hours for the training (CPR) and 1 hour for mask fit – this will be added to your schedule 1-2 weeks after the session has been completed and you will receive payment. The code will appear on your paystub as ‘Miscellaneous’
• All bookings/cancellations must be managed through the online portal. You will receive a confirmation email/text notification and will also receive a session reminder.

We also encourage you to review our CPR Tips and Guidance below.

Reminder to complete your MANDATORY Dementia courses (15 mins each or less). This is paid time!

Complete 6 Dementia Training modules in Dayforce before December 31 to be entered to win $100 worth of Applause points!

Last date to complete the course: 31 March 2023

If you have any issues in Dayforce saying your course is ‘in progress’ when you indeed have completed the course through to the end – please contact IT help desk to report the issue – call 647-943-1332. There is a laptop set up at the office 4211 Yonge St. to use as well, if you have issues on your phone.

Alternatively you may contact learning.development@circleofcare.com with any e-learning comments, concerns or navigation issues.

We would like to remind all PSWs and Homemakers that for every successful referral you make, you get a bonus, and during the month of December, all PSW referral bonuses are DOUBLED! If you make a PSW referral in December and the referral is hired you will receive a $500 bonus after the referred PSW completes their probation period.

Please complete the Learning and Development Survey, which can be found here by clicking the button down below. The deadline to complete the survey is December 31. The survey will be closed after this date.

Thank you to those who have already submitted their responses!

I’d like to refer someone for the PSW role. What should I do if I can’t open the referral form?

If you are having difficulties with opening up the referral form, or any other technical issues with your PSW work phone, please contact the IT Helpdesk. Using your PSW phone, you can navigate to the IT Help button on your phone.

We invite you to submit your questions or feedback below. Please note that it may take us longer to provide some answers, so if you’ve asked a question that hasn’t been answered yet, we will get back to you in the coming weeks.