Continuing Care Assistant

Parkland College
Webometrics Canada National Rankings: 216

Course Info

Summary

Start a rewarding career in health care today!
This SaskPolytech certificate program prepares students to work in care homes, home care and community health centers. Full-time and part-time courses are available. The program consists of theory courses, lab skills, and clinical placements in special care facilities and home care. Students learn to work with disabled, recovering, chronically and terminally ill people, providing assistance with essential activities of daily living. Graduates work under the supervision of registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses or licensed practical nurses in home care or special care settings.

Career Outcomes

Continuing Care Assistants are often called Special Care Aides. They work under the supervision of registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses or licensed practical nurses in home care settings, special care facilities (such as nursing homes), hospitals, and integrated facilities.

Demand for this occupation is growing and so are the job opportunities due to factors such as an aging population, longer life expectancies, shorter hospital stays, and more outpatient treatment.

About Course
Course Credential

Certificate

Application Deadline

Based on course availibility

Course Availibility

Open

Course specific Intake

September

Academics, GPA

Grade 12 with 55% overall, no subject less than 50%. Grade 12th Biology student can apply.

English requirements

IELTS: Overall 6.5 band no less than 5.5 TOFEL: PTE: 63

Course Duration

1 Year

Tuition Fees

CAD$ 17000.00

*Price shown is for indicative purpose, please check with institution

IMP Notes

N/A

Location

Yorkton

Scholarships

Here are some scholarship that are available at The Parkland College.

Combined Adrienne Marshall English Scholarship and Barry Marshall Science Scholarship

Value of scholarship

Tuition Fee Scholarship

Application details:

For further details, please contact the university website.

Eligibility requirements
  • Be students at the Beijing Huija Private School;
  • meet all entry requirements normally applied to the English Language Bridging course and the Bachelor of Science1 course;
  • not be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia; and
  • be liable for international full fees.
Who can apply:

All international

Combined Adrienne Marshall English Scholarship and Barry Marshall Science Scholarship

Value of scholarship

Tuition Fee Scholarship

Application details:

For further details, please contact the university website.

Eligibility requirements
  • Be students at the Beijing Huija Private School;
  • meet all entry requirements normally applied to the English Language Bridging course and the Bachelor of Science1 course;
  • not be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia; and
  • be liable for international full fees.
Who can apply:

All international