{"id":28279,"date":"2017-03-09T20:20:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T01:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2017\/03\/10\/information-session-for-personal-care-attendant-program\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:06:19","slug":"information-session-for-personal-care-attendant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2017\/03\/09\/information-session-for-personal-care-attendant-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Info Session for Personal Care Attendant Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/03\/elderly-PCA-clip-newsroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13103\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2016\/03\/elderly-PCA-clip-newsroom-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>An information session for individuals interested in becoming personal care attendants (PCA) for the elderly and disabled will be offered Wednesday, March 29, at the Riverwalk from 10 to 11 a.m. at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/directions\/riverwalk\/\">NECC Riverwalk<\/a>, 360 Merrimack St., Bldg 9, Entry K, third floor, Lawrence. This is a\u00a0noncredit,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/blog\/2016\/03\/01\/person-care-attendant-info-session\/\">PCA Fundamentals Program<\/a>\u00a0offered at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-hour, eight-day PCA program will be offered\u00a0April 24 through May 10, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. This program trains individuals in direct care skills used to help the elderly and disabled populations live independently.<\/p>\n<p>It is strongly recommended that individuals who are interested in attending the program attend this information session.\u00a0 Preregistration for this information session is not required.<\/p>\n<p>This program is ideal for those interested in learning the basic skills and knowledge to enter this in-demand, fast growing field which also serves as a gateway to other health care professions. The current pay for PCAs is $14.12 an hour and work can be part time or full time.<\/p>\n<p>The PCA program reviews the roles and responsibilities of the PCA, consumer rights, confidentiality and ethics, communication, best practices for infection control and reducing worker injury, basic first aid and CPR, life skills, resume writing and interview preparation.<\/p>\n<p>Interested individuals must be eligible to work in the United States to enroll.\u00a0 Participants must attend all training days.\u00a0 For additional information please contact Dianne (Dee) Lahaye at <a href=\"mailto:dlahaye@necc.mass.edu\">dlahaye@necc.mass.edu<\/a> or 978-659-1222.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An information session for individuals interested in becoming personal care attendants (PCA) for the elderly and disabled will be offered Wednesday, March 29, at the Riverwalk from 10 to 11 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":28281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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