HEAL

Academy

Practical knowledge & training for a healthcare assistant job in Canada

Completing our program gives you

  • Preparation for a career in Canadian Healthcar­e
  • Individual attention & support
  • Potential healthcare aide jobs, as soon as you graduate­
  • Opportunities for reduced living costs
  • A clear path to obtaining your PR (Permanent Residency)
  • Special training to easily adapt to living & working in Canada

How it works

Once you’re in the program, you will

  1. Start the HCA (Health Care Assistant) preparation curriculum
    • 4 weeks online
    • 2 weeks in-person clinical practicum
  2. Get special training for adapting to living & working in Canada
  3. Obtain your certification of completion
  4. Receive job openings & help to get hired for healthcare aide job
  5. Be positioned & supported for opportunities to get reduced-cost or free housing

In the HCA program

You will learn how to

  • Provide ethical, individual care for clients’ values and ways of lif­e
  • Assist clients and families in performing activities of daily living
  • Ensure medications are taken as indicated by healthcare
    practitioners
  • Care for clients with complex needs
  • Work with a larger healthcare team
  • Communicate with tact and clarity

Upon completion of the program and all required certifications, you will be eligible to register as a trained HCA (Health Care Aide) with the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry

In the Special Training

You will learn

  • Cultural awareness & social norms
  • Home making skills
  • Cooking, meal preparation, & food safety
  • Driver’s training theory
  • Public transportation systems
  • Financial systems & tools

Upon completion, you will have a clearer understanding of Canadian culture, so you can more easily.

  • Get along & fit in with Canadians in casual and work contexts 
  • Safely prepare food & meals for others 
  • Travel where you need to go, by using public transportation or driving yourself 
  • Understand and use banks, credit, and other financial tools to support yourself 
  • And more

Once you complete everything

  • We will find and place you into healthcare aide jobs with our partners, to fast-track you into getting hired
  • You will find many of the live-in caregiver jobs often provide reduced
    rent, or even free housing, for you
  • After getting your HCA registration and job, you will be on track to work towards your PR (permanent residency) to become an official Canadian citizen with your first steps into a healthcare career

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