Testimony of a student from the region in training in personal assistance in institutions and at home

Testimony of a student from the region in training in personal assistance in institutions and at home

Beneficiary attendant jobs are available throughout the health network, including in the Pontiac. The development agent at the Regional Service for Vocational Training in the Outaouais, Lyne Coulombe recalled that personal assistance training in institutions and at home is available at the Centre de formation professionnel du Pontiac (CFP Pontiac).

“It is a training course with a lot of practical learning and which easily leads to a job” explains Lyne Coulombe.

CFP Pontiac student Carole Leblanc confided that initially she did not want to take this training, but changed her mind after learning more about the subject.

More information on the training is available on the CFP Pontiac website: http://cfpvg.cshbo.qc.ca/index.php/programmes-pontiac/assistance-a-la-personne.

The French interview with Lyne Coulombe and Carole Leblanc is available here.