Health Care Human Resource Sector Council – Evaluation of the Continuing Care Assistant Program’s Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition Project
In March 2005, Horizons completed an evaluation of the Continuing Care Assistant (CCA) Program’s Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) Project for the Health Care Human Resource Sector Council. The purpose of the CCA-PLAR evaluation was to gather feedback on the successes and challenges of implementing a PLAR framework (including the framework development; policies and procedures; and PLAR tools) with professionals in home support and facility-based care settings.The evaluation included three primary data collection methods implemented at the end of the framework pilot process: key informant interviews with project stakeholders; surveys with pilot participants; and focus groups with pilot participants. The comprehensive evaluation results were used by the Project Committee to make formal recommendations to the Provincial CCA Program Advisory Committee about the implementation of the PLAR process with future CCA applicants.
