Careers - The Pines Long Term Care Home

There’s an urgent need for more health-care workers. If you want to learn in-demand skills, get practical work experience, and make a difference in your community, apply now for the Supportive Care Assistant Program. Colleges and institutes across Canada are currently accepting applications.

This micro-certificate program includes six weeks of online training, done at your pace, followed by a paid work placement.

After graduating, you could receive $5,000 to take further education to become a PSW or other health care professional.

More information about this program is available here

To attract newly graduated Personal Support Workers to work in Long-Term Care homes and Home and Community Care agencies in greatest need across Ontario, this initiative provides a $5,000 incentive to recent PSW graduates in exchange for a six-month commitment to an eligible Long-Term Care or Home and Community Care employer.

To be eligible for the PSW ROS, a Personal Support Worker must:

• Successfully complete an Ontario PSW training program that meets the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities program standard;
• Graduate from PSW training program on or after April 1, 2021;
• Begin employment no later than January 15, 2022; and
• Commit to 6-months of employment at a full-time work schedule offered by approved employer

More information about this program is available here

To attract Registered Nurses (RNs), Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to work in the hospitals, long-term care (LTC) homes and home and community care (HCC) agencies in greatest need across Ontario, the Community Commitment Program for Nurses (CCPN) provides a $10,000 incentive to eligible nurses in exchange for a 12-month commitment to an eligible employer.

To be eligible for the CCPN, a nurse must:

• Not have been employed as a nurse in Ontario in the six months prior to being hired;
• Hold a Certificate of Registration in good standing from the College of Nurses of Ontario;
• Begin employment no later than January 15, 2022;
• Commit to 12-months of employment at a full-time work schedule offered by the employer; and
• Not simultaneously receive funds from the Ministry of Health for the Tuition Support Program for Nurses.

More information about this program is available here

The Tuition Support Program for Nurses is part of the government's commitment to provide more families with access to primary health care, and to support the recruitment and retention of nurses to rural and remote areas across the province.

The Tuition Support Program for Nurses (TSPN) offers tuition reimbursement to recent nursing graduates from rural and remote communities who are new College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) registrants and who choose to do a return-of-service (ROS) in an eligible underserviced community. The program is open to nurse practitioner, registered nurse and registered practical nurse graduates who apply within one year of having graduated from a Canadian University or College.

More information about this program is available here

This fully funded program, beginning in March 2022, was developed to upgrade and enhance the knowledge and skills of those employed as Food Service Workers and Dietary Aides, as well as those who wish to seek employment in dietary areas in the healthcare sector. 

More information about this program please reach out to Contact North at bracebridge@contactnorth.ca or 1-855-699-6330