Welcome to the Continuing Care Assistant Program. We wish you success as you journey through the program to meet your goal of becoming a CCA. As with any program, there may be some challenges that arise throughout the year. As we facilitate and assist you with your learning, it is helpful that we know a little bit about you and ask that you start thinking about the year ahead. We ask that you take a few moments to answer the following questions.
Continuing Care Assistant Program Student Profile
Please note: Questions are optional and you may omit any if you wish. All responses are confidential and will not be shared outside of your faculty.
Please feel free to speak to one of your faculty members if you have any questions or concerns.
- Name:
- How long have you been out of school?
What is your highest level of education? ☐High School ☐College ☐University ☐other:
- What concerns, if any, do you have about attending college?
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- What are your expectations of this program (what you expect to be included)?
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- Explain why you think this program is a good ‘fit’ for you.
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- Please identify any barriers to learning you believe you may have:
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- What are some of the things that helped you learn better in the past?
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- Are you aware that there is a variety of assistance available at the center for student services to help students in being successful in their program? ☐N ☐Y
- Do you have work or volunteer experience? If yes, please describe any skills that you may have gained from previous work or volunteer experience.
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Student Profile
- Do you have access to a computer with internet? ☐N ☐Y
- Do you know how to access and open/send email? ☐N ☐Y
- Do you know how to create a word document and send as an attachment? ☐N ☐Y
- Please describe other computer skills you have:
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- Do you have any other comments?
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Thank you for your time in completing this questionnaire. This will be very helpful in planning for a successful year ahead!
The following section is for your information. Please take a few moments to review.
Other things for you to think about…
Students in the program need to have some flexibility within their daily schedule to meet the program requirements.
- Classes and labs may be any time between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 pm.
- There are mandatory work placements in which will include weekends, holidays, evening and overnight shifts.
- Shifts are either 8 hours, 10 hours or 12 hours – beginning anytime from 6a.m to 11p.m. CCA’s can work all hours of the day and night
Sometimes students are met with challenges to fulfill these requirements, in particular around transportation and childcare. Keeping this in mind, ask yourself the following questions to help you plan for the year:
- Do I have flexible childcare available?
- Do I have a driver’s license and access to a vehicle?
- How will I get to my home care work placements?
- If I rely on Transit, do I have a backup plan for evening, overnight or weekend transportation when bus hours are reduced?
- If I am employed while attending college, will I be able to schedule my work around the college work placements?
- Have I considered the cost of transportation to the work placement sites?
- Have I checked the website about costs for the program?
