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Supportive Care
​Assistant Program

Supportive Care Assistant Program
 
7 week program

February 8 – March 26, 2021

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NLC’s Supportive Care Assistant program provides graduates with essential skills needed to support community members with personal care and help them access to health services. 
 
This training will enable you to work as a front line worker providing assistance to your Elders and vulnerable persons within your communities who require non-medical support with their medical and mental health needs in their own homes or other settings.
 
You will be working directly with your bands health and/or other appropriate departments or with a local Senior Health Care agency. 
 
Seats are limited to 2 participants per community and 4 participants from NEBC Urban Centers.
 
Having a driver’s license is an extreme asset and will be highly preferred for those applying for the Urban positions.
 
Participants need to be able to pass a drug screen and criminal background check.
 
Program will be facilitated online for five of the weeks with two weeks face to face. 
​7 hour training days.
 
TRAINING SCHEDULE

Week 1
Feb 8-12

Orientation and Power skill courses
With instructor virtually online.  Computer needed

Week 2
Feb 16-19

Nutrition Health Promotion
With instructor virtually online.  Computer needed

Week 3
Feb 22-26

Health Care workshops/First aid/Safety
Face to Face on FSJ campus

Week 4
Mar 1-5

Health Care workshops/First aid/Safety
Face to Face on FSJ campus

Week 5
Mar 8-12

Understanding Healthy Aging
With instructor virtually online.  Computer needed

Week 6
Mar 15-19

Health promotion in the elderly
With instructor virtually online.  Computer needed

Week 7
Mar 22-26

WHMIS/Food Safe level 1/ HealthLinkBC
With instructor virtually online.  Computer needed
 
This opportunity also includes a 3 month paid work experience.
 
For further details as to the specifics of the training, please contact,
Shannon Morrow
Lead ESA Officer, Community Projects
North East Native Advancing Society
250-785-0887 or 250-261-9165
SMorrow@nenas.org
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