Practicum in supportive care assistance

Description

Two-month paid work placement in a long-term or home care setting: participation in the planning of the internship, confidentiality, rules of professional ethics, safe work practices, initiative, autonomy, professionalism, effective communication techniques, constant improvement of their performance during the internship and adjustment of their interpersonal skills and skills.

Objectifs

• Understand the role of the Supportive Care Assistant within the interprofessional team
  • Identify self by first and last name and role as a Supportive Care Assistant) student
  • Practice according to the competencies and expectations of the Supportive Care Assistant student
  • Accept guidance and constructive feedback from preceptor/mentor/supervisor and other members of the interprofessional team
  • Demonstrate awareness of personal and professional boundaries with clients and the interprofessional health care team members
• Engage with the client and interprofessional team members to support client well-being
  • Demonstrate respectful, collaborative communication with staff, clients, and liaison
  • Utilize problem solving and conflict resolution strategies in collaboration with preceptor/mentor/supervisor and other members of the interprofessional team
• Demonstrate professionalism, and accountability and confidentiality to the client, families, interprofessional team members, and employers
  • Demonstrate accountability through attendance and punctuality
  • Adhere to employer dress policy
  • Recognize practice limitations and ask for assistance when necessary
  • Demonstrate fitness to practice (including but not limited to cognitive, physical, psychological, or emotional conditions)
  • Demonstrate confidentiality, including but not limited to personal communication, storage of information, and disposal of placement documents
• Respect the client's unique physical, cognitive, psychological, cultural, social, and spiritual needs when providing assistance
  • Provide assistance that is culturally safe, demonstrating sensitivity to diversity
  • Demonstrate respect for the client's physical, cognitive, psychological, cultural, social, and spiritual needs when providing assistance
• Support clients' rights to privacy, dignity, respect, and confidentiality
  • Demonstrate principles of privacy, dignity, respect, and confidentiality in relation to clients
  • Obtain consent to provide assistance
• Understand the need for empathy towards each client in recognizing that each client is unique and may experience health challenges differently
  • Demonstrate empathy in verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Recognize the need for advocacy to ensure support that is safe, compassionate, and empathetic
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the unique health challenges of each client
• Demonstrate inclusive practice when interacting with clients, families, and other interprofessional team members
  • Engage the client and family as part of the interprofessional team
• Show respect for clients and their families' beliefs, values, and rights while responding to situations with honesty, humility, and integrity
  • Demonstrate respectful, collaborative communication to support the client and families' beliefs, values, and rights
  • Respond to clients, families and other interprofessional team members with honesty, humility, and integrity
• Understand the importance of communication and relaying information appropriately
  • Demonstrate effective communication skills when interacting with clients, families, and other interprofessional team members
  • Report information clearly, concisely, and appropriately to the preceptor/mentor/supervisor and other members of the interprofessional team
• Practice safe, supportive assistance to promote client independence during activities of daily living
  • Employ safe practices to promote client independence during activities of daily living as per the Supportive Care Assistant student skills checklist
  • Assist client with activities of daily living as per the SCA student skills checklist
  • Identify client's ability to participate in their own care
• Implement practices to maintain a clean and organized client care environment
  • Assist client, families and other interprofessional team members to maintain a clean and organized client care environment
• Demonstrate appropriate use of touch while providing supportive assistance
  • Demonstrate appropriate use of touch while assisting clients during activities of daily living
• Demonstrate knowledge of the chain of infection as it relates to disease transmission and prevention
  • Demonstrate ways to break the chain of infection by using appropriate hand hygiene principles
  • Demonstrate ways to break the chain of infection by maintaining a clean environment
  • Implement proper infection control measures to adhere to guidelines and policies
  • Demonstrate appropriate donning and doffing of PPE
  • Adhere to agency policy and procedures regarding infection prevention and control
• Respond to safety hazards and unsafe situations
  • Identify unsafe situations, that require interventions, and report appropriately to the preceptor/mentor/supervisor and other members of the interprofessional team
• Demonstrate appropriate use of (WHMIS) guidelines
  • Identify unsafe situations, that require interventions, and report appropriately to the preceptor/mentor/supervisor and other members of the interprofessional team
  • Demonstrate appropriate use of (WHMIS) guidelines