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Cleghorn & Brossard/RO
Cleghorn
Brossard/RO
August 22, 2024 to January 28, 2025
January 29, 2025 to June 26, 2025
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Cleghorn & Brossard/RO
Cleghorn
Brossard/RO
August 22, 2024 to January 28, 2025
January 29, 2025 to June 26, 2025
Vocational Training Program

Support for Assistive Services in Health and Social Services Institutions

Register Contact us for more information

Next sessions

September 22, 2025

Schedule

Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 3:20 p.m.

Location

ACCESS Cleghorn
163 Cleghorn Street, Saint-Lambert, QC, J4R 2J4

Phone

450 676-1843

Duration

6 months (705 Hours / 47 Credits)

Why enroll in this program?

These days, more than ever, orderlies (PABs) and Health and Social Services Assistants (HSSAs) are crucial to our health system. The Support for Assistive Services in Health and Social Services Institutions program prepares students for the trade or occupation of PABs and HSSAs in the health and social services sector. Our dedicated teaching nurses provide training in a modern hospital ward and home setting with the latest medical equipment. 

With 6 campuses located on the South Shore of Montreal, ACCESS has been a resource for the Riverside School Board community for over 40 years, empowering individuals who are 16 and older in their ongoing quest for academic and professional success.

  • The program is officially recognized by the Québec Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports.
  • The professional training you receive opens doors to many jobs in both the public and private sectors.
  • Financial aid is available for eligible candidates au www.afe.gouv.qc.ca/en/
  • If you have relevant experience, consider the Recognition of Acquired Competencies (RAC) for a Diploma of Vocational Studies. To learn more, click here

Program objectives

  • Prepare students to practice the occupations of orderly (PAB), and Health and Social Services Sssistant (HSSA) in institutions in the health and social services network (hospitals, residential and long-term care centres (CHSLDs), rehabilitation centres, local community service centres).
  • Provide help and assistive services related to activities of daily life (ADL) to clients of all ages in health and social services institutions.
  • Provide aid to patients so that they may recover or maintain their autonomy and overall health condition.
RAC Financial aid

Special features of the program

To be eligible for admission to this program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

Have obtained at least Secondary III credits or the equivalent in the language of instruction (LI), second language (SL) and mathematics.
OR
Hold an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary Studies (AESS).
OR
Have passed the General Development Test (GDT) and the following specific prerequisites in the language of instruction: ENG 3101-1 and ENG 3102-2, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning.

Also eligible for this program are persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their vocational training is to begin, who hold a Training Certificate for a Semiskilled Trade (TCST), and who have 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 (TCST-STC bridge).

  • For more information on Functional Prerequisites, please visit the InfoRouteFPT website.
  • For a full list of required registration documents based on your status in Canada, click here.

Content of
program

Module title
Hours
Units
  • Analyze the occupation
    30
    2
  • Adopt relational approaches that encourage communication and collaboration
    60
    4
  • Prevent and control infections and contamination
    30
    2
  • Establish links between the client’s condition and needs, and the changes and interventions required
    45
    3
  • Adapt their approach to the client’s condition, behaviours or clinical reality
    45
    3
  • Provide personal assistive services related to activities of daily living in the context of long-term care
    90
    6
  • Adapt their approach and personal assistive services in the context of palliative and end-of-life care
    30
    2
  • Administer first aid and apply emergency measures
    30
    2
  • Intervene with clients experiencing a loss of autonomy in long-term care centres
    75
    5
  • Ascertain their limits with respect to administering medications and providing invasive assistive care related to activities of daily living
    15
    1
  • Perform tasks related to assistive services in the context of short-term and critical care
    60
    4
  • Provide assistive care to clients in short-term or critical care settings
    75
    5
  • Perform HSSA-related tasks in the context of home care
    45
    3
  • Enter the workforce in a long-term care centre, short-term care centre, critical care centre or in the context of home care
    75
    5
Total
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