Program objectives
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).
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.
PABs and HSSAs also have to plan their work, and collaborate in activities related to the continuity of care and to palliative and end-of-life care. They also carry out tasks related to the cleaning, disinfection and storage of equipment and materials, and the cleaning and tidying up of the work environment.
PABs and HSSAs are constantly concerned with preventing and controlling infections and contamination. They are equally concerned with preventing risks to the health and safety of clients, themselves and others, and with protecting the environment.
Occupation
This program targets two occupations:
- Orderly (PAB) in a health and social services institution
- Health and social services assistant (HSSA)
Admission conditions
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).