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The program, launched by the City of Lorca in collaboration with Iniciativas el Gigante, was developed between January and May.
Its objectives have been to raise the educational and social-labor level of the participants, as well as to promote integration and social integration through training.
The Councilor for Family and Social Welfare of the City of Lorca, Fátima Mínguez, reported that more than 205 citizens have benefited from the activities framed in the Gypsy Development Plan 2019.
Fátima Mínguez pointed out that "the actions have been developed around three age groups: adults, youth and children, focusing on educational, employability and social aspects." The general objectives that have been pursued with the development of this Plan have been to raise the educational and social-labor level of the participants in the project and their families, as well as to promote integration and socio-labor integration through training ".
The Councilor for Social Services explained that "in the 5 months that the Gypsy Development Plan has lasted, 205 people have carried out training actions focused on employability and the socio-health improvement of individuals, with an average of 5 courses per user. , although in many cases up to 9 actions have been carried out ".
Mínguez has indicated that "among the courses offered for adults were, monographic courses on social skills and communication for employment, social network workshops focused on employment, digital literacy courses through Smart Phone and workshops on domestic and personal skills, workshops on gender equality, food manipulator course, economical and healthy cooking workshops, as well as workshops to encourage reading.A new feature in this edition is the recovery workshop of crafts (work with esparto), workshop recovery of cultural roots (flamenco) and workshop of initiation into English (for parents / mothers with children of school age).
It has continued with training for young people through workshops on sexuality and family planning, and in healthy habits, prevention of alcohol and addictive substances, combining it with recreational-sports activities ".
The Social Services Edil has highlighted that "other areas of the City of Lorca have also collaborated in the development of this program, being the same the Department of Employment that has given a classroom with computer equipment in the Local Development Center to provide training where the use of computers was needed, the Department of Health and Consumption, collaborating in the delivery of workshops on health and hygiene, sexuality, food handling and also participated in the XI edition of Healthy Lorca, the Department of Youth, for the realization of the cooking course, the Department of Education with the loan of adapted books for the animation of reading, as well as the Department of Equality for the launch of the celebration of the International Day of the Gypsy people.
In turn, the Department of Sports, has made available to users different municipal sports facilities and materials, for the realization of sports activities among young people of these slums, conducted monthly: Personal defense for women, Body Pum, and a circuit sports in the San Diego Park.
Finally, it is worth highlighting the entities that have also collaborated in the implementation of the courses, workshops or activities, such as the Vodafone Spain Foundation, the Lorca Guardian Police Unit, Cazalla Intercultural, the Social Work of San José de Calasanz, the municipal libraries of Lorca, IES San Juan Bosco, the Integrated Vocational Training Center.
The following aspects stand out:
Job placement itineraries: the actions aimed at improving the employability of the users of the Gypsy Development Plan, in this edition, have been formed by individualized interviews of users with employment counselors;
diagnosis of socio-employment employability through the study and classification of the professional profiles of the participants according to their training, work experience, abilities, skills and desired work;
completion and delivery of résumés to all users;
collective orientation sessions for active job search, according to professional profiles;
contact with companies that offer work, according to the professional profiles of the users;
inclusion within the agenda of the training sessions sessions on basic personal skills, professional competence, digital skills oriented to the search for employment, improve skills for job search online, etc .., and educational promotion routes.
Also in this edition agreements have been established with companies and organizations of all productive sectors of the region of Lorca, for the priority reception of curriculum vitae of users and users of the Gypsy Development Program, we highlight the 13 entities: Lorca Cleaning, Multiservices Sánchez, Daylor, Poncemar Foundation, Marlina;
Carrefour Lorca Almenara, Semillas Planto Agro, Alimer, Agroter SAT, Arranlos el Dedal, Restaurant "Las Columnas", Polipan and Clendy Pan.7.
It should be noted that the number of users who have found work during PDG 2019 has been 12 people.
Work module "Housing and Habitat": this working group consisted in the assignment of a social worker to 19 families to improve their socio-labor-economic conditions, the follow-up of the family through individualized interviews, home visits to check and inform on the conditions of habitability and hygiene of the homes of the assigned users, improve the conditions of habitability and hygiene of the homes of the assigned users, improve the hygiene and health conditions of the common spaces of the neighborhood, realization of a housing map where the habitability and hygiene characteristics of the municipal social housing and those of the Autonomous Community of the Murcia Region located in the neighborhoods assigned to the project are meticulously detailed.
School absenteeism: a control of school absenteeism has been developed for the children and youth of the sweeps assigned in collaboration with the schools of the CEIP Casa del Niño, CEIP San José, CEIP José Robles, CEIP Andrés García Soler, Secondary Education Institute Ramón Arcas Meca and Institute of Secondary Education José Ibáñez Martín.
Mediation has also been carried out with families in cases in which school absenteeism exceeded 65% of absences during a month.
On the other hand, collaborations, control and follow-up of the Renacer project have been carried out, located in the San José de Calasanz School, since some of the users of the PDG carry out training activities there and are within the area of ​​action.
School Support: through Fundación Iniciativas el Gigante has continued with Action 01, called "CLASES ON", consisting of school support and study techniques for underprivileged children through Foundation volunteers on Saturday mornings in the social area of Santa Maria.
The number of beneficiaries has increased from 31 to 35 children.
Days of Coexistence for neighbors: there have been three days of coexistence in the social premises of Santa María during the months of January, April and May.
The average attendance was 60 people.
Days of Leisure and Free Time Activities for children: in addition to the days of coexistence for adults, three days of Leisure and Free Time activities have also been held during the months of January, April and May.
Two took place in the vicinity of the social premises of Santa María, and the last one in the atrium of the Church, next to the social housing.
The beneficiaries were the children and young people of this neighborhood, and the average attendance was around 50 children.
Days: Gipsy Community in Lorca, for a work in network: panel of experiences of social entities.
On April 8, the first initiative for networking with the Roma community was held, days organized by the El Gigante Initiatives Foundation, together with the Department of Social Welfare and Family and Participation, in which more than 40 people participated representatives of the Red Cross, Local Assembly of Lorca, Interparroquial Caritas of Lorca, Cepaim Foundation, Intercultural Cazalla, Social Work San José de Calasanz, CEIP House of the Child, CEIP San Cristóbal ... It was the first act organized in the renovated church of San Pedro.
The summary extracted from the general actions that have been carried out over the last months is as follows:
Training: 3 Monographic courses on social skills and communication for employment: 36 students (27 scholarships), 1 group of 9, others of 14 and another of 13.
3 Monographic courses on social skills and communication for employment: 35 students (26 scholarships), 1 group of 9, others of 14 and another of 12.
Course of digital literacy through the smartphone: 15 students (15 scholarships), 3 Workshops of social networks focused on employment: 31 students (22 scholarships) 1 group of 9, others of 13 and another of 9.
1 Domestic and personal skills workshop: 29 students.
The workshop was scheduled for 15 people and 14 more attended.
1 Course of food manipulator: 24 students.
The course was planned for 20 people and 4 more attended.
Days: Gipsy Community in Lorca, for a work in network: panel of experiences of social entities.
41 attendees (11 were speakers).
1 Youth workshop on healthy habits and prevention of alcohol and addictive substance use: 24 students.
The workshop was scheduled for 15 people and 9 more attended.
1 Computer Workshop of the 21st century: 10 scholarship students.
1 Economic and healthy cooking workshop, plus nutrition: 30 students.
1 Workshop for young people on sexuality and prevention of unwanted pregnancies: 10 students.
1 workshop to recover craft crafts (basketry and esparto): 5 students.
1 Flamenco Workshop: 6 students.
1 Introductory course to English: 18 scholarship students.
Sport:
Personal defense session for women (sports activities for young people): 14 students.
Sports circuit session (Sports activities for young people): 9 students.
Body Health Session (Sports activities for young people): 3 students
School support (Classes on): free school support sessions, every Saturday from January to May from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
35 students
Summary:
314 places occupied in courses.
26 places occupied in sports for young people.
35 places occupied in school support.
219 job offers reported and offered in total.
13 companies with which we have agreements to incorporate workers.
12 people who have found a job
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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