Home Support/Resident Care Certificate

ADMISSION INFORMATION

Students may apply to the program if they have completed or are enrolled in their academic prerequisite. Applications will be kept on file at the Admissions and Records office until the academic prerequisite is complete. Applications will then be forwarded to the Health Sciences department. Remaining prerequisites may then be submitted to the HS/RCA program, Health Sciences Centre, Chilliwack campus. Once all prerequisites have been submitted, the applicant will be sent a letter acknowledging their “complete” status. Complete applicants will be invited to attend an information session (there are two each year) and an individual interview. Additional forms (Medical certificate, Immunization Record, Criminal Record Search) will be provided at the time of the interview for the applicant to have completed and returned to the HS/RCA Department.

Entrance requirements:

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B.C. secondary school graduation. Official Grade 12 transcript required.;

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Grade 11 with English 11 (regular, not modified). Official transcript required;

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College and Career Preparation (Advanced Level Certificate);

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General Education Development (GED) Certificate;

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Composition Placement Test (minimum score 48);

Note:

In addition to the above ESL (English as a Second Language) applicants may be required to be assessed on an individual basis by the ESL department.

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Current Red Cross Standard certificate or St. John’s Standard Enhanced First Aid certificate.

Submission of a signed medical certificate indicating physical fitness and emotional stability. (Form will be provided at interview).

Completion of an immunization program including negative TB test or chest X-ray is required before entry to the program. (Forms will be provided at interview.) Hepatitis B immunization will be required after entry to the program.

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Experience as an employee working in a health care setting with elderly clients with a satisfactory reference; or

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30 hours of volunteer experience with residents in a long-term care setting with a satisfactory reference. (Applicants may use the reference form attached to the back of the HS/RCA program application form.);

Satisfactory written work or personal reference.

Successfully passing a security clearance check. (A criminal record check form will be provided at the interview).

A valid driver’s licence and reliable transportation to all practica sites.

How to apply:

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You may apply to the program prior to the completion of all entrance requirements. The following documents, however, must be submitted to the Admissions and Records office, along with the application fee, in order to process your application:

• UCFV application form
• Home Support/Resident Care Attendant application form
• Proof of academic prerequisites (transcript required)*

* Note: If you are currently enrolled in Grade 12, a letter is required from your school counsellor stating that you are making satisfactory progress towards meeting the educational requirements for Grade 12 graduation.

Once all these documents have been received by the Admissions and Records office an application date will be recorded, and your application will be forwarded to the Home Support/Resident Care Attendant program.

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Submit all remaining documents to the Health Sciences Centre, Chilliwack campus. Applicants will be considered for the program based on:

• Complete applicant status;
• Date of application

• UCFV application form
• Home Support/Resident Care Attendant program application form
• Proof of academic prerequisite (transcript required)
• Satisfactory employment or volunteer reference working with elderly clients in a health care setting (minimum 30 hours)
• Current Red Cross Standard certificate or St. John’s Standard Enhanced first aid certificate
• Work or personal reference

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Once “complete applicant status” has been obtained, applicants will be notified of and expected to attend a program information session. Failure to attend the information session may delay entry to the program.

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At the program information session, applicants will be given a date and time for their interview with program faculty. At the interview, applicants will be given specific immunization, medical, and criminal record check forms and a due date on which the forms must be completed and returned.

Applicants will be given written notification as to whether or not they have been accepted once the completed immunization, security clearance, and medical forms have been received and reviewed by program faculty.

Upon acceptance into the program, applicants will be provided with registration information by the Admissions and Records office. A deposit is required by a specified date in order to reserve a seat in the program. This deposit is applied to the tuition fees and is not refundable. Applicants who do not register for the program and pay the deposit, forfeit their seat to the next person on the program waiting list and must reapply to the program.