This full-time 870-hour program is offered at our centre in Shawville.
Program Objectives
The Institutional and Home Care Assistance program prepares students for the trade or occupation of patient service associate and home support worker in the health and social services sector.
This profession aims to provide care and assistance in public, private and community health care networks to persons of all ages who are sick or who have physical, psychological, or psychosocial disabilities. The rationale of this occupation is to provide aid to patients so that they may recover or maintain their autonomy and overall health condition.
The attendants are trained to meet the general needs of clients, to help them compensate for their disabilities, to guide and support them in maintaining or restoring their autonomy and good health.
Employment Perspectives
Program graduates work in public, private and community health networks, in particular care units, as well as in various living environments that offer basic care and services to individuals, such as nursing homes, group homes, residential and long-term care centres (CHSLD) or similar types of environments.
Program Overview
This 870-hour program has 58 units.
Code
Competency
Hours
Units
751-702
Determine their suitability for the occupation and the training process
30
2
751-714
Establish a helping relationship
60
4
751-724
Adopt relational approaches with clients with cognitive impairments, mental health problems or neurodevelopmental disorders
60
4
751-734
Determine the appropriate means to respond to the needs of clients with physical illnesses and disabilities
60
4
751-745
Provide care related to activities of daily living (ADL)
75
5
751-752
Prevent infections and contamination
30
2
751-772
Deal with situations involving risk
30
2
751-787
Work with clients who require assistive care at home or in alternative living environments
105
7
751-787
Work with clients who require assistive care at home or in alternative living environments
105
7
751-794
Deal with family, social and cultural contexts
60
4
751-802
Provide assistance to clients in palliative and end-of-life care
30
2
751-813
Consider the rules and procedures for administering medications and basic invasive care involved in assistance with activities of daily living
45
3
751-824
Provide assistive care related to the client’s clinical reality
60
4
751-832
Administer first aid
30
2
751-845
Provide assistive care to clients requiring short-term care
75
5
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870
58
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Program Code: 5858
Diploma
Completion of this program leads to a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS) from Quebec’s Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur.
Conditions of Admission
To be eligible for admission to this program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:
- Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent, for example, an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary V studies, or a postsecondary diploma such as the Diploma of College Studies or a Bachelor’s degree, or;
- Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition of equivalent learning, or;
- Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test, or recognition of equivalent learning, or;
- Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their vocational training is to begin in a specific program of study, who hold a Training Certificate in a Semiskilled Trade, and who earned the required credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in Secondary Cycle One in general education in the youth sector or in Secondary II in general education in the adult sector, or;
- Persons who are at least 15 years of age as at September 30 of the current school year, are registered in a concurrent admission pilot project or in the Trades and Occupations With a Promising Future training path, are vocationally mature and have obtained Secondary II credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics. They are pursuing their vocational training and general education (youth sector or adult sector) under concurrent admission with an integrated schedule in the Trades and Occupations with a Promising Future training path in order to earn the missing Secondary III credits required for their Diploma of Vocational Studies and their Secondary School Diploma. Authorization from the Ministère de l’Éducation is required to admit a Secondary III student registered in concurrent admission to this program.