Health Care Assistant (HCA) at Selkirk College

Are you interested in becoming a front line health care worker and assisting clients with their personal care, nutrition, and mobility? Our program will support you in developing the confidence, knowledge and skills required to provide safe care and contribute to the physical, emotional, and social well-being of clients in a variety of health care settings. As a graduate, you will be a respected member of the health care team and work under the direction and supervision of a health professional.

NEW: Blended Online and Face-to-Face Training

Travel less and complete theory courses online! Selkirk College has increased flexible study options for the HCA program. Study from your home and join four face-to-face workshops to complete the lab skills course. Contact admissions for further details.

The HCA program is 26 weeks in total. During the first 16 weeks, students complete theory and lab courses during face-to-face classes on the Trail campus and online, followed by completion of 270 hours of practice in residential and community care settings during the final ten weeks of the program.

The HCA Program delivered by Selkirk College has been granted a full, five-year recognition by the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry. Graduates of the program are eligible for registration with the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry.

Special Costs and Travel

Students are required to have uniforms, and footwear that comply to Work Safe BC standards. In addition, students must be prepared to travel to clinical practice agencies. Access to a reliable vehicle is necessary. Students are required to possess a valid BC driver’s license by the start of HCA 107.

Clinical and practicum placements are arranged on the basis of student learning needs and available learning experiences. It is not possible to comply with the personal and travel requirements of individual students.

Take This Program If You Are

Caring
Genuinely interested in people
Comfortable dealing with difficult situations
Easily adaptable to diversity
A good communicator
Self-motivated and responsible

Career Options Include

Adult Day Care
Assisted Living
Community Health Workers
Complex Care
Front-Line Care Providers
Home Support
Residential Care Attendants
Special Care Units

This program is offered at Selkirk's Trail Campus in Trail, BC.

Program At-A-Glance

Length of Study:

26-Weeks (16-weeks theory, 10-weeks practice)

Accreditation:

Certificate

Campus:

Trail

In the News

Selkirk College Training In-Demand Health Care Professionals

Frontline health care workers are in high demand in our region and Selkirk College’s Health Care Assistant Program is training to fill that gap. It’s a profession that appeals to many eager to find a solid career in health care.

Additional Health Care Assistant Program Seats Added at Selkirk College

With a growing demand in the region for professionals to care for the elderly and persons with disabilities, the Provincial Government has provided special funding for a Health Care Assistant Program cohort that will begin training in September at the Selkirk College Trail Campus.

What Students Say

Kimberly Bennet an alumni graduate from Selkirk

You don't really know how rewarding a career a Health Care Assistant is until you actually do it.

- Kimberly Bennett, Health Care Assistant 2012 Graduate. Current Care Aide, Hardy View Lodge.

Taking the Health Care Assistant program was a life-changing experience for me.

– Eileen Reed, 2012 Health Care Assistant Graduate.

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Contact Information

Rachel Walker

Taya Whitehead

Health Care Assistant