With a view to always offering quality services to the members of First Nations communities and organizations, continuous training of workers is essential. To this end, the FNQLHSSC is proud to be able to regularly offer workshops and training to foster the maintenance or acquisition of various skills. From January to June, training on the multiclientele assessment tool (MCAT) was offered virtually to approximately twenty people, in collaboration with the Centre d’expertise en santé de Sherbrooke (CESS).
The MCAT is an adult autonomy assessment tool. It supports the work of the practitioner or multidisciplinary team when receiving requests from the clientele, analyzing their needs, converting these needs into services and allocating available resources. In particular, it serves as an eligibility criterion for the Assisted Living Program and the Home and Community Care Program. It also provides a common language when transferring a client to a CHSLD in the province to ensure a smooth transition.
The entire FNQLHSSC team would like to congratulate the people who successfully completed the training and obtained their accreditation: Hillary McBride, Coralie Aumond and Twyla Wabie from Timiskaming, Vandana Chaubey and Kermichael Chahal from Kahnawake, Jo-Annie Ahern and Lucie Lechasseur from Pikogan, Benoît Pinard from Nutashkuan, Marie Soleil Rousselot and Emilie Bacon from Pessamit, Marika Desjardins from Pakua Shipu, Marie-Ève Boucher and Stéphanie Lesage from Mashteuiatsh, Liette Tremblay and Nakina Chilton from Wemotaci, Yveline Brunel and Isabelle Nadeau from Opitciwan, Nancy Carignan and Marie-Ève Marcoux Mercier from Wôlinak, Susan Paxton from Barriere Lake and Valérie Mérette from Lac-Simon.
To obtain their accreditation, they first had to complete a two-and-a-half-day training course. Then in the month following the training, they had to properly carry out a first assessment using the MCAT form and submit it to Sarah-Ann Gilmore, trainer accredited by the CESS and clinical advisor at Uashat mak Mani-Utenam.
Since the communities now have these accredited assessors, they are able to assess the needs of clients with decreasing independence and thus respond appropriately.
Additional training dates may be added over the course of next year. If you would like more information about this tool or this training, please email us at info@cssspnql.com.