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Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs)
@ Health Association Nova Scotia
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Overview
Health Association Nova Scotia is recruiting Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) on behalf of the Department of Seniors and Long-term Care, matching candidates with long-term care or home care employers across the Eastern Zone and province. The work is hands-on personal care, light housekeeping, meal assistance, documentation and recreational programming within an interdisciplinary team. Provincial CCA certification is the core requirement, with CCA-in-training and RPL-eligible candidates considered.
Responsibilities:
- Assist clients with personal care such as bathing, dressing and grooming
- Provide light housekeeping and meal and snack assistance
- Provide respite for families and caregivers
- Complete documentation, progress notes and incident reports
- Engage residents and families in leisure and recreation programs
Requirements summary:
- Provincial Continuing Care Assistant certification
- Related education or work experience and enrolment or eligibility in CCA RPL program
- Nursing students, CCA students and internationally educated nurses considered
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-16
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Allied health |
| Travel | air: none |
| Work setting | Care home, Client sites |
| Position | On the move |
| Physical demands | physical high · computer low |
| Licences & certifications | Provincial Continuing Care Assistant Certification |
| Encouraged to apply | Students & youth |
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Health Association Nova Scotia
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EXPERTISE. SERVICES. SUPPORT.
Full company description
Health Association Nova Scotia is a not-for-profit, non-government, member-based association with over 65 years’ experience in providing expertise, shared services, and support. Our customers can count on us to work in their best interest to deliver competitively priced and innovative solutions that streamline their workload – swiftly and without sacrificing the exceptional quality the Health Association is known for. We do what we do best, so our customers can do what they do best. Some of our services include: Technical Services Group Benefits Solutions Labour Relations Financial Services Procurement Support Services For further information regarding the services and programs available to members, please [email protected]
- LinkedIn followers
- 10,591
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 178
- Reported office locations
- 2 Dartmouth Rd., Bedford, NS B4A 2K7, CA
- Other recorded names
- Health Association Nova Scotia
- Specialties
- Group Benefit Solutions
- Clinical Engineering
- Member & Partner Engagement
- Continuing Care Assistant Program/ADODCC
- Technical Services
- Procurement Support Services
- Payroll Services
- Benefits Administration
- and Labour Relations
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
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Health Association Nova Scotia is a not-for-profit, non-government, member-based association with over 65 years’ experience in providing expertise, shared services, and support. Our customers can count on us to work in their best interest to deliver competitively priced and innovative solutions that streamline their workload – swiftly and without sacrificing the exceptional quality the Health Association is known…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitals and Health Care |
| Company size | 51-200 employees |
| Headquarters | Bedford, NS |
| Organization type | Nonprofit |
| Year founded | 1960 |
| Specialties | Group Benefit SolutionsClinical EngineeringMember & Partner EngagementContinuing Care Assistant Program/ADODCCTechnical ServicesProcurement Support ServicesPayroll ServicesBenefits Administrationand Labour Relations |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 13 |
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Health Association Nova Scotia is partnering with the Department of Seniors and Long-term Care to provide recruitment support to continuing care employers in Nova Scotia. There are numerous opportunities across the Eastern Zone.
Want to be part of an interdisciplinary team that helps people to live well in the place they call home? If so, we want you! We can support you by matching you with an employer in long-term care or home care.
Do you enjoy variety in your workdays and truly have a passion for caring for others? Whether you are just starting your career or have demonstrated a lifelong love for helping others we have an opening for you!
Responsibilities:
- Assisting clients with various personal care activities (e.g., bathing, dressing, grooming).
- Perform light housekeeping duties.
- Assist clients with meals and between meal refreshments.
- Provide respite for families and care givers.
- Documentation (e.g., reporting client concerns, progress notes, incident reports).
- Engage residents/families in leisure/recreational programs.
Core Requirements:
- Provincial Continuing Care Assistant Certification
- Persons with related education and/or work experience and are enrolled in or are eligible to be enrolled in CCA RPL Program
- Students in nursing, CCA programs, and international educated nurses will be considered.
What We Offer:
- Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
- Professional growth and an attractive compensation and benefits package
- Positions Available Across the Province
We hire both CCAs and CCAITs. Salary range is dependent on employer and CCA status.
Certified Continuing Care Assistant means a continuing care assistant who has been certified under the Continuing Care Assistant certification program and has been added to the Registry for Continuing Care Assistants. Continuing Care Assistant in Training means a person employed as a Continuing Care Assistant who is
- Completing requirements to become a certified continuing care assistant
- Hired on a conditional basis in accordance with the Educational Requirements for Entry to Practice of Non-Licensed Care Staff Policy.
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