COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE AIDE
PROGRAMS
• Victoria Avenue East Campus (September and January start) • Parkland Campus (September start) • Two rotating sites per year • Distance delivery (flexible start) • Challenge program • Clustered learning sites • Six-month certificate Be in a position to help those who need it most. Learn practical skills to care for clients and to communicate in a clinical setting. Help clients be well and manage their health care environment. If you’re caring, compassionate, sensitive and respectful to people of all ages and cultures, you’ll enjoy becoming a health care aide. Typical tasks may include: dressing or assisting with hygienic needs, serving meals and providing meal assistance to clients, lifting and moving clients or assisting them to walk, and observing and reporting client conditions. To graduate with a Comprehensive Health Care Aide certificate, students must successfully complete 27 academic credits and six practical credits.
UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCES • Strong clinical component in a wide variety of health care settings • Program emphasizes employability skills desired by health care employers
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
A complete Manitoba Grade 12 or equivalent. If you don’t meet these admission requirements, please visit www.assiniboine.net/specialadmissions for more information. English is the language of instruction at ACC. All applicants educated outside of Canada or in a country not on the test exempt list are expected to meet the English Language proficiency requirement. See www.assiniboine.net/elp for more information. This is a special selection program. Early application is strongly recommended. As part of the special selection process, all applicants must:
CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK/ABUSE REGISTRY CHECKS
Many agencies where students are placed for practicum experience require that students disclose convictions for any offences. In some instances, applicants with a criminal record may be unable to complete the program. Applicants listed on the Child Abuse Registry and/or Adult Abuse Registry will be unable to complete the program if they require practicum experiences involving persons in care. If you fall into one of these categories, please contact the School of Health & Human Services prior to applying.
PROGRAM FEES
Tuition, laboratory, materials, student services and Students’ Association fees total approximately $1510. Estimated costs for books, supplies, trips, etc. are $900.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Graduates will find employment in acute and extended care hospitals, personal care homes, private care facilities, mental health settings and home care.
COURSES 2016 - 17 NUMBER
TITLE CREDITS
HLTH-0176 HLTH-0175 HLTH-0004 HLTH-0003 HLTH-0005 WRKP-0002 COMM-0037 HLTH-0006 HLTH-0002 PRAC-0074 PRAC-0040
Daily Living Laboratory Daily Living Theory Gerontology Growth and Development Health Issues/Community Health Health, Environment & Safety Human Relations/Communication Mental Health Nutrition Practicum 1 - CHCA Senior Practicum CHCA
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• Attend a compulsory orientation, to be scheduled several months prior to program start date • Achieve satisfactory standing in an academic assessment test Applications received after the program is filled will be held for the following intake. CHCA students must be in good health. Up to date immunizations, proof of current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Health Care Provider (CPR – HCP), current Criminal Record Check, current Child Abuse Registry Check, current Adult Abuse Registry Check, and initial nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training (Unit 1 through 10) are required prior to the start of practicum rotations.
CONNECTIONS
Graduates of this program are eligible to receive a block credit transfer equivalent to 15 academic credits toward ACC’s Practical Nursing Program.
FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact the School of Health & Human Services at 204.725.8730 or email hhs@assiniboine.net 14
Special Admissions – page 43 English Language Proficiency – page 42 Course Descriptions – page 57