Support for Assistive Services in Health and Social Services Institutions

Code 4770 / 705 Hours / 7 months

Overview

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).

Occupations

These two occupations involve providing help and assistive services related to activities of daily life (ADL) to clients of all ages in health and social services institutions. The work consists in providing support to these clients to help compensate for their disabilities and maintain or encourage their autonomy in carrying out their ADL.

– Orderly (PAB) in a health and social services institution
– Health and social services assistant (HSSA)

Opportunities.

These individuals work in institutions in the health and social services network (hospitals, residential and long-term care centres [CHSLDs], rehabilitation centres, local community service centres).

Learn more about Support for Assistive Services in HSSI

Competency 1: Analysis of Jobs, Legislative and Ethical Aspects – 30H
Competency 2: Communication, Family, Social and Cultural Contexts – 60H
Competency 3: Prevention and Control of Infections and Contamination – 30H
Competency 4: Needs of Clients with Illnesses and Physical Disabilities – 45H
Competency 5: Relational Approaches – 45H
Competency 6: Basic Care Related to Activities of Daily Living in Long-Term Care – 90H
Competency 7: Palliative and End-Of-Life Care – 30H
Competency 8: First Aid – 30H
Competency 9: Interventions Related to Clients with Loss of Autonomy in Long-Term Facilities – 75H
Competency 10: Limits related to Medications and Basic Invasive Care Related to Activities of Daily Living – 15H
Competency 11: Tasks Related to Assistive Care in Acute and Critical Care – 60H
Competency 12: Interventions in Acute and Critical Care – 75H
Competency 13: Tasks Related to Home Care – 45H
Competency 14: Integration in the Workplace – 75H

Registration Information

  • You may apply online at AdmissionFP however you must come in person to register
  • If you do not have a Quebec Permanent Code, you can get a temporary code here
  • You must bring ALL ORIGINAL documents to the Centre to be officially registered

Required Documents for Registration

  • Birth certificate, long version with your parents’ names on it
  • High school diploma or transcript
  • Medicare card or driver’s license
  • Birth certificate, long version with your parents’ names on it
  • 3 consecutive years of notice of assessment tax forms or municipal tax forms (proving you have lived in Quebec for 3+ years)
  • High school diploma AND transcript
  • Medicare card or driver’s license
  • Canadian citizen card/certificate or PR card
  • CSQ (certificat de selection du Quebec) or 3 consecutive years of notice of assessment tax forms or municipal tax forms (proving you have lived in Quebec for 3+ years)
  • High school diploma or proof equivalencies
  • Medicare card or driver’s license
  • Refugee claimant document
  • CSQ (certificat de selection du Quebec) with an R8 code
  • Study permit
  • High school diploma or proof equivalencies
  • Medicare card or driver’s license

To be eligible for admission to the Support for Assistive Services in Health and Social Services Institutions program leading to an STC, 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).