July 31, 2024
Building on the success of the Health Career Access Program (HCAP), which trained over 8,000 healthcare support workers in LTC homes, assisted-living facilities, home support and acute-care settings, the program’s expanding into mental-health and addictions care. This expansion will offer a fully funded certificate program and an educational stipend through the training. The province aims to recruit and train as many as 500 students across B.C. The government says there are shortages across the board, including community support workers, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists and social workers.
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