Support for Assistive Services in Health and Social Services Institutions

TRAINING
DESCRIPTION

The Support for Assistive Services in Health and Social Services Institutions vocational training program prepares students to practise the occupations of orderly (préposée et préposé aux bénéficiaires [PAB]), and health and social services assistant (HSSA) in institutions in the health and social services network (hospitals, residential and long-term care centres [CHSLDs], rehabilitation centres, local community service centres).

Duration : 705 Hours

academic
prerequisites

SCHOLARITY LEVEL : Quebec's Secondary 3rd (France's 3rd) or equivalent
LANGUAGE LEVEL :
The level of language required varies according to the training center chosen.

* The validation of your eligibility will be confirmed by our admissions department once your application has been completed.

JOB
PROSPECTS

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TRAINING OBJECTIVES

Help and assistive services related to activities of daily life (ADL) to clients of all ages in health and social services institutions
Collaborate in activities related to the continuity of care and to palliative and end-of-life care

TRAINING CONTENT

Competency statement

HOURS

Analyze the occupation

Adopt relational approaches that encourage communication and collaboration

Prevent and control infections and contamination

Establish links between the client’s condition and needs, and the changes and interventions required

Adapt their approach to the client’s condition, behaviours or clinical reality

Provide personal assistive services related to activities of daily living in the context of long-term care

Adapt their approach and personal assistive services in the context of palliative and end-of-life care

Administer first aid and apply emergency measures

Intervene with clients experiencing a loss of autonomy in long-term care centres

Ascertain their limits with respect to administering medications and providing invasive assistive care related to activities of daily living

Perform tasks related to assistive services in the context of short-term and critical care

Provide assistive care to clients in short-term or critical care settings

Perform HSSA-related tasks in the context of home care

Enter the workforce in a long-term care centre, short-term care centre, critical care centre or in the context of home care