Health Care Assistant in Selkirk College, Canada

Health Care Assistant in Selkirk College

Travel less and complete theory courses online! Selkirk College has increased flexible study options for the HCA program. Study from your home and join four face-to-face workshops to complete the lab skills course. We know that your life may make it difficult for you to tackle our program. We want to help you make it work. Contact admissions for further details.

The HCA program is 26 weeks in total. During the first 16 weeks, students complete theory and lab courses during face-to-face classes on the Trail campus and online, followed by completion of 270 hours of practice in residential and community care settings during the final ten weeks of the program.

The HCA Program delivered by Selkirk College has been granted a full, five-year recognition by the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry. Graduates of the program are eligible for registration with the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry.

Special Costs and Travel

Students are required to have uniforms, and footwear  that comply to Work Safe BC standards. In addition, students must be prepared to travel to clinical practice agencies. Access to a reliable vehicle is necessary. Students are required to possess a valid BC driver’s license by the start of HCA 107.

Clinical and practicum placements are arranged on the basis of student learning needs and available learning experiences. It is not possible to comply with the personal and travel requirements of individual students.

Take This Program If You Are

• Caring

• Genuinely interested in people
• Comfortable dealing with difficult situations
• Easily adaptable to diversity
• A good communicator
• Self-motivated and responsible

Career Options Include

• Adult Day Care

• Assisted Living
• Community Health Workers
• Complex Care
• Front-Line Care Providers
• Home Support
• Residential Care Attendants
• Special Care Units

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