New Registry For Care Aides

Friday, January 29, 2010 01:48 PM

Vancouver, B.C. – The Province has established a special Care Aide and Community Health Worker registry in an effort to protect those who are most vulnerable.

The new registry is now up and running and it is hoped it will ensure that individuals working for publicly-funded employers are providing appropriate standards of care.

The BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker registry is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. Registration with the registry is a requirement for employment as a care aide or community health worker with publicly-funded employers in British Columbia.

To protect the public, employers will be required to report any alleged patient abuse by an employee to the registry at the time of suspension or termination of employment. This may result in a registrant's removal from the registry and affect the individual's eligibility to hold employment with publicly funded health employers.

Care aides and community health workers in the public sector will have until April 28, 2010 to register. Individuals working in these positions will be able to maintain their current employment. Those registering after April 28, 2010 will be required to demonstrate they have the required knowledge and patient-care skills, before they can work for another publicly funded employer.

In the initial phases of the registry, registration will be optional for care aides and community health workers employed by facilities or organizations that do not receive public funding. However, in order to ensure standardized levels of care in B.C., the Province will work with Health Match BC, the BC Care Providers Association and other stakeholders to encourage registration for all B.C. care aides and community health workers, regardless of where they work.

The vast majority of care aides and community health workers in B.C. work for publicly-funded or partially publicly-funded employers.

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Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 01:48 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: He spoke on January 29 2010 2:44 PM

Oh lovely, The whole idea of these non-profit organization was for the government to deliver the goods cheaply and with more efficiency be circumventing the union crap.

Well, we try to reinvent ourselves back into a corner..... that's what happens when you become a socialist province.... Hey, Gordo... get back to running this province. I elected you to keep us on the short and narrow.... like I tell my employees.... I don't ask for much... Just shut up and do your job.

Posted by: ammonra on January 29 2010 3:11 PM

Well, obviously circumventing the "union crap" has a negative effect on the operations of these providers, and some other means of ensuring they provide competent and appropriate care is needed. After all, why would a fanatical free enterpriser like Campbell introduce such a scheme othrwise.

Of course, he could have left the situation alone in the first place since it wasn't broke, but you know these right wingers, they can't do that in case an employee gets a decent slice of the pie and an invester gets 0.0001% less of a return.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on January 29 2010 5:28 PM

I have seen the good work these Care Aids do, and the last thing they need is the Campbell government screwing around with the system!

Posted by: faithfulreader on January 30 2010 9:49 PM

Campbell doesn't care and he won't do anything until after the Olymic's. then he'll resign. He has a different life planned for himself.