Durée du programme

14 weeks (six-weeks online training and two-month paid work placement)

Objectifs

• Understand the role of the Supportive Care Assistant within the interprofessional team
• Engage with the client and interprofessional team members to support client well-being
• Demonstrate professionalism, and accountability and confidentiality to the client, families, interprofessional team members, and employers
• Respect the client's unique physical, cognitive, psychological, cultural, social, and spiritual needs when providing assistance
• Support clients' rights to privacy, dignity, respect, and confidentiality
• Understand the need for empathy towards each client in recognizing that each client is unique and may experience health challenges differently
• Demonstrate inclusive practice when interacting with clients, families, and other interprofessional team members
• Show respect for clients and their families' beliefs, values, and rights while responding to situations with honesty, humility, and integrity
• Understand the importance of communication and relaying information appropriately
• Practice safe, supportive assistance to promote client independence during activities of daily living
• Implement practices to maintain a clean and organized client care environment
• Demonstrate appropriate use of touch while providing supportive assistance
• Demonstrate knowledge of the chain of infection as it relates to disease transmission and prevention
• Implement proper infection control measures to adhere to guidelines and policies
• Respond to safety hazards and unsafe situations

Conditions d'admission

Renseigements additionnels sur la formation

• Student enrolled in this program will have to deal with the realities of the profession:
• To take this training, the student must:
• Some internship sites require a criminal record check.
• The candidate may have to provide proof of certain immunizations.

Sanction des études

Aussitôt qu'il satisfait à toutes les conditions du programme, l'étudiant se voit décerner no certification en Supportive Care Assistant

Profil étudiant

• This program may be of interest to the person who:
  • Likes to take care of others (physical contact);
  • Is interested in working in working with older adults and other people requiring assistance;
  • Has good communication and interpersonal skills;
  • Is friendly, flexible, and able to encourage people warmly;
  • Appreciates teamwork and collaboration;
  • Maintains good physical health;

Perspectives de carrière

The supportive care assistants work in the long-term care or home care industry. They assist certified personal car providers and the health care team to support clients. The role involves performing non-clinical activities which could include:

• Assisting with meals
• Assisting with cleaning and disinfecting
• Stocking materials required by clients and health care staff
• Making clients’ beds, cleaning their rooms and other areas
• Providing companionship, comfort, and support
• Assisting with moving about and accompanying clients as they move about
• Participating in activities with clients

Emplois visés :

• Autre personnel de soutien des services de santé

Structure du programme

• Client and Family-Centred Assistance (Aperçu)
• Supportive Assistance (Aperçu)
• Infection Control and Safety (Aperçu)
• Palliative Care (Aperçu)
• Practicum in supportive care assistance (Aperçu)
• Professionalism - Supportive Care Assistant (Aperçu)
• Lift and Transfer Techniques (Aperçu)
• Workplace Standard First Aid with Level C CPR (Aperçu)
• Work Safely (Aperçu)
• Communication - Supportive Care Assistant (Aperçu)