A paid work and training initiative for individuals seeking an entry point to employment in health care.
The Health Career Access Program (HCAP) provides a path for applicants with no health care experience to get hired and receive paid employer-sponsored health care assistant training as part of their employment.
The goals of HCAP are to:
- Increase number of health care assistants working in British Columbia to address workforce shortages in long-term care and assisted living
- Remove financial barriers to health care assistant education
New hires start as a health care support worker providing non-direct, non-clinical care at a long-term care or assisted living facility, and engage in paid training to work as a health care assistant upon successful completion of the program.
This program is provided in partnership with the Ministry of Health.
Learn more about the HCAP program from the Government of B.C.
Long term care (LTC) and assisted living (AL) leaders oversee hiring and training of program participants, making them essential HCAP partners.
B.C.’s health care system provides critical services that we all use. Employment is stable and available in communities across the province.