Ana Belén Castejón, Deputy Mayor and President of the Agency for Local Development and Employment (ADLE), Ana Belén Castejón, and the director of the Murciano Institute of Social Action (IMAS), Miguel Ángel Miralles, presented this Thursday, February 16, a new collaboration between The City of Cartagena and the IMAS that will allow the implementation of a mixed program of employment and training in the IMAS La Vaguada Care Center for dependents, which is intended for long-term unemployed persons over 25 years of age.
Thus, the program will allow 40 students to be trained in one of the three specialties available and obtain the corresponding Certificate of Professionalism, such as 'Social assistance to dependent persons in social institutions', which will have 15 places;
'Promotion and socio-educational intervention with people with disabilities', which will train 15 other students;
And 'Auxiliar operations of nurseries and gardens', which will accept a total of 10 students.
The program is resumed after five years, so, according to the deputy mayor said, "we are very happy" and stressed that "when the regional government and the City of Cartagena get to work and work in a coordinated manner And with institutional loyalty comes Cartagena, the Autonomous Community and those people who are waiting anxiously. "
In addition, she has been proud because "we have the best center of the Region in Cartagena", which guarantees that "we have the best professionals, the best equipment and the best infrastructure."
The course, which begins next March, will last for 12 months and will have a contribution of about 590,000 euros by the Training and Employment Service (SEF) and 10,000 euros of the City of Cartagena.
For his part, the director of the IMAS has agreed with Castejón in his satisfaction to "take up old issues and get them back", since "the people who are trained in the care of people with disabilities and those people who are Specialize in gardening will learn in the best center of the Autonomous Community in disability.
And is that, he said, "are going to be formed and will learn the complicated world of disability and dependence and, without a doubt, will leave the center as great professionals," while showing his predisposition to "continue Collaborating with the City of Cartagena in what is necessary because the Social Services deserve the effort of all ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena