Institutional and Home Care Assistance

Applications open for:

Chisasibi: Fall 2024
Waswanipi (SRVTC): Fall 2024

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Are you patient, caring, and helpful? Become a personal support worker or nurse’s aide!

Learn how to:

Provide care and assistance to people of all ages and conditions
Help people recover or maintain their autonomy

870 hours (full-time, 35-weeks)

58 credits

Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS)

Program Content

Determine their suitability for the occupation and the training process
Establish a helping relationship
Adopt relational approaches with clients with cognitive impairments, mental health problems or neurodevelopmental disorders
Determine the appropriate means to respond to the needs of clients with physical illnesses and disabilities
Provide care related to activities of daily living (ADL)
Prevent infections and contamination
Provide assistive care related to daily activities
Deal with situations involving risk
Work with clients who require assistive care at home or in alternative living environments
Deal with family, social and cultural contexts
Provide assistance to clients in palliative and end-of-life care
Consider the rules and procedures for administering medications and basic invasive care involved in assistance with activities of daily living
Provide assistive care related to the client’s clinical reality
Administer first aid
Provide assistive care to clients requiring short-term care

Do you have the prerequisites?

Secondary III language of instruction, second language and mathematics
or
Secondary III English + successful completion of the General Development Test

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How do I Apply?

Identify the courses or program you wish to take

Review your options and build a learning plan with the adult education guidance counsellor.

Bring documents to your local Adult Education Office

Bring your birth certificate, social insurance number, and school reports/transcripts to your local Adult Education office. If you are applying for a vocational program, please contact your Local Education Consultant for more details on necessary documents. Find my local adult education office.

Fill out an application

If you applied for General Education classes, welcome! You may be able to start immediately after submitting your application. If you applied for a Vocational Program, you will be contacted following the selection process.