Giving Care - Canada

Experience required has dropped to 1 year of PR, but wait time is long.

The Home Child Care Provider Pilot is closed to new applications
As of Monday, January 17, 2022, we received at least 2,750 applications under this pilot. This means

the pilot is closed to new applications for 2022
we’ll return any other applications we receive and refund the fees.
The pilot will reopen to new applications on January 1, 2023.

Active RCICs are licensed immigration consultants with and they are approved to provide immigration services.

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Internationally-Educated Nurses’ Fast Track to a Canadian Nursing Career
March 10, 2021

Ana Margarita Marcelino, an internationally-educated nurse from the Philippines, was completing one of her two Centennial College clinical placements in a complex continuing care setting when she met an allied health professional she hadn’t heard of. “What’s a chiropodist?” she wondered, before discovering that chiropody is a health care profession that assesses and treats foot conditions. An instantly memorable moment for Marcelino, it also perfectly demonstrates two strengths of Centennial’s Practical Nursing for Internationally-Educated Nurses (IEPN) program: interprofessional practice and exposure to various health care settings.

“Coming to Canada from the Philippines, I didn’t know there are various settings for nurses to work in because back home, it was always hospitals,” says Marcelino, of IEPN’s clinical placements, which expose students to acute, chronic and long-term care. “It was great to see and experience different settings. Working with allied health professionals, such as chiropodists, was also eye opening for me. In the Philippines, nurses typically just interact with doctors. Here, by meeting different members and getting to know their roles, we improve patient experience.”

Interprofessional education and collaboration are among key themes of this intensive one-year pathway that aligns skills and nursing knowledge with a Canadian setting. Consisting of three consecutive semesters and resulting in a diploma, IEPN is not limited to internationally-educated nurses. It also meets the needs of registered practical nurses (RPNs) who hold a certificate and wish to upgrade to an Ontario college diploma as well as RPNs who have been out of practice for 10 years or less and need a refresher program.

The program’s coordinator, Kumaran Mahathevan, says it is a unique learning experience that allows students to quickly rejoin the workforce. The program simultaneously ensures internationally-educated nurses understand the valuable contributions they will make to the country’s health care system.

“It’s one of the few programs in Ontario of its kind considered fast-track,” says Mahathevan, also a teacher. “It gets you back on your feet in one year while opening doors for other opportunities in furthering your nursing career, such as acquiring a nursing degree to be an RN. You can then, subsequently, pursue graduate studies. The possibilities are endless.” While this practical nursing program is deemed “essential” during the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning students attend in-person lab components, Centennial offers flexibility by delivering theory online. Not only is it convenient for students, many of whom work while attending school, but Mahathevan says the experience equips learners with professional skills that will give them an advantage in a post-pandemic world.

“We want to ensure we have a comfortable blend of both technology and the soft skills that nurses need to succeed,” he says. “But by intentionally providing internationally educated nurses with opportunities in navigating technology, it will help when they get into medical work settings where, for example, the transition to online documentation and electronic medical records is occurring. We also understand some students may experience a tech learning curve, so we support them.”

For Marcelino, faculty members’ dedication and her fellow students’ contributions to class discussions are among the program’s highlights. She says the encouraging environment helped to balance condensed format’s intensity.

“Meeting fellow internationally educated nurses from different cultural background whose practices were different than mine was so enriching and added layers to personal and professional growth,” she says. “We got the collaborative experience that professors encouraged during the program. I was fortunate that my professors were really supportive and welcoming.”

With COVID-19 highlighting the need for professionals in the caring professions, Canada’s aging population, and a foreseeable gap in nursing as senior nurses prepare for retirement, Mahathevan says now is a great time to enroll in this practical nursing program.

“People don’t understand the importance of nursing until situations like COVID happen,” he says. “You need one-to-one care in nursing. There is a demand.”

Just two months after finishing the program in 2016, Marcelino secured casual employment before taking part in an Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care initiative aimed to help nursing grads find full-time work. That opportunity landed Marcelino at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and, she says, opened a major door for her.

“It helped me find my place in the workplace,” Marcelino says. “I was able to do a temp full-time job, which led to me becoming a registered nurse in an acute care setting. Since then, I’ve even taught a course at Centennial. That wouldn’t have been possible without the Practical Nursing for Internationally-Educated Nurses program. It increased my confidence to work as a nurse in Ontario.”

By: Izabela Szydlo

We seek candidates who want and willing to become home support workers, caregivers and nurse aides or study to become one.

These jobs are throughout Canada and not limited to Toronto (Facebook only allows one city). Wages shown are in Canadian dollars.

As a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC), I am am acting as an intermediary for both jobseeker and employers.

Facebook said the prior advert was discriminatory which might be due to the picture. We are adding the following disclaimers:

We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage all to apply including women and minorities. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including minorities and persons with disabilities. We are an organization that values diversity. We encourage all applicants including women and people of color.

Do you have a nursing degree outside of Canada?

Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot

Temporary public policy to facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or Home Support Worker Class in 2020

Background
Caregivers from abroad play an important role in supporting the care needs of Canadian families across the country. Caregivers have come to Canada for decades to provide in-home care and support to Canadians, and in response Canada has made available pathways to permanent residence for these workers.

The Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots opened for applications on June 18, 2019 and will run until June 17, 2024. The caregiver pilots are designed to provide a clear, direct pathway to permanent residence for foreign in-home caregivers. The skills, abilities, and experience of those working in these occupations are essential to Canada’s economic immigration objectives and will continue to support the country’s long-term economic recovery, growth, and prosperity.

Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is committed to recognizing the significant contributions that caregivers make to Canadian families every day. To continue supporting these workers and the families who employ them, special measures are being introduced to ensure caregiver immigration returns to normal processing after significant disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public policy considerations
This public policy will facilitate the granting of permanent residence for caregivers who applied under the Home Child Care Provider Class or the Home Support Worker Class in 2020, but whose application was not entered into processing due to delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused great disruption to life in Canada and around the world, including to application processing at IRCC. This has meant that most applications received in 2020 under these Pilots could not be processed during that year. In the absence of this public policy, significant negative impacts on future processing limits, and on clients would have resulted, including multiple year processing delays, and uncertainty for both caregivers and the families who employ them.

As such, I hereby establish that, pursuant to my authority under section 25.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (the Act), there are sufficient public policy considerations that justify the granting of permanent resident status or an exemption from certain requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (the Regulations), to foreign nationals who meet the eligibility criteria and conditions listed below.

Conditions (eligibility requirements) applicable to principal applicants
Based on public policy considerations, delegated officers may grant permanent resident status to foreign nationals who meet the following conditions.

The foreign national:

Has submitted an application under the Home Child Care Provider Class or Home Support Worker Class that:
was received by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in 2020; and,
was not reviewed in 2020 to ensure that the application met the requirements specified in section 10 of the Regulations and according to the application kit requirements in place at the time the application was received by the designated office;
Meets the eligibility criteria of the pilot class in which they had applied;
Is not inadmissible pursuant to the Act and the Regulations.
For the purpose of assessing (b), the date the application is made is deemed to be the date on which the application described in (a) was received by the designated office. This same date is also to be used as the lock-in date for the purpose of determining whether a child is a dependent child when assessing the eligibility of the family members below.

Conditions (eligibility requirements) applicable to family members in Canada:
In-Canada family members of a principal applicant under this public policy are eligible to be granted permanent residence pursuant to this public policy if they meet the following conditions:

the foreign national is in Canada;
the foreign national has been included as an accompanying family member in an application for permanent residence described in (a) which is being processed under this public policy;
the foreign national meets the definition of a “family member” in subsection 1(3) of the Regulations;
the foreign national is not inadmissible pursuant to the Act and the Regulations; and
a delegated officer has determined that the principal applicant meets all conditions (eligibility requirements) to receive permanent residence pursuant to this public policy.
Conditions (eligibility requirements) applicable to family members outside Canada:
Based on public policy considerations, when processing an application for a permanent resident visa, delegated officers may grant an exemption from the requirements of the Regulations identified below when a foreign national meets the following conditions:

the foreign national residing outside Canada has been included as an accompanying family member in an application described in (a) which is being processed under this public policy;
the foreign national meets the definition of family member in subsection 1(3) of the Regulations;
the foreign national is not otherwise inadmissible pursuant to the Act and the Regulations; and
a delegated officer has determined that the principal applicant meets all conditions (eligibility requirements) to receive permanent residence pursuant to this public policy.
Provisions of the Regulations for which an exemption may be granted to family member(s) outside Canada:
paragraph 10(2)(c) of the Regulations – the requirement to indicate the class prescribed by these Regulations for which the application is made;
paragraph 70(1)(a) of the Regulations – the requirement to apply for a permanent resident visa as a member of a class referred to in subsection 70(2) of the Regulations;
paragraph 70(1)(c) of the Regulations – the requirement to be a member of an immigration class; and
paragraph 70(1)(d) of the Regulations – the requirement to meet the selection criteria and other requirements applicable to that class.
Start and end dates
This public policy comes into effect upon signature.

As with all public policies, this public policy may be revoked by the Minister, without prior notice.