- "We believe that this residential has a uniqueness that differentiates it from any other center of the same characteristics, since it is the only one in the municipality of Cartagena, and probably of the Region, which has the stamp of the Ministry and is included in the Strategy of Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment, "said Orange spokesman Manuel Padín.
- According to the spokesperson of Cs, "if we grant this fiscal aid, we will be encouraging other similar centers to join this effort to boost employment in Cartagena"
The spokesman for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, visited the Casa de Campo Residential in Perín today and met with the director of the center, Alberto Martínez.
During the meeting, the manager explained the various tasks they perform to promote employment.
Casa de Campo is the only residence in Cartagena to have the seal attached to the "Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment Strategy" granted by the Ministry of Employment and Social Security, a program that aims to combat youth unemployment and entails the implementation by the company of a Plan for the Promotion of Employment, which must be renewed periodically.
In addition, the residential collaborates for three years with the Regional Employment and Training Service (SEF) in the realization of non-work professional practices for young people between 18 and 25 years without experience to approach the labor market.
The center, which has the corresponding homologation of the SEF for the delivery of 13 professional certificates, has been collaborating since 2011 with the Agency for Local Development and Employment (ADLE), welcomes trainees from various training courses, and has reached make any contract through this way.
The Municipal Citizens Group recalled that due to this work to promote employment, the residential requested in 2016 to the City Council a bonus on the Tax on Real Estate (IBI) by invoking Article 6.5.1 of the tax ordinance that states that A bonus of up to 95 percent may be granted in favor of those properties that develop economic activities that are declared of special interest or municipal utility because of social circumstances or employment promotion.
However, this request was dismissed by the plenary session of July 2016 after an unfavorable report was received from the Autonomous Collection Management Body (OAGRC), with the vote of all the municipal groups and the Popular Party's abstention.
The spokesman for Citizens in Cartagena, Manuel Padín, explained that "then we follow the recommendation of the OAGRC, but today after visiting the residential and collecting the allegations of its manager, we understand that the circumstances alluded to by the article of the tax ordinance are given. so that Casa de Campo can enjoy a bonus on the IBI ".
"We believe that this Residential has a uniqueness that differentiates it from any other center of the same characteristics, since it is the only one in the municipality of Cartagena, and probably of the Region, which has the seal of the Ministry and is included in the Strategy of Entrepreneurship and Youth Employment ", said Manuel Padín, who believes that" if we grant this tax aid, we will be encouraging other similar centers to join this effort to boost employment in Cartagena. "
"In fact, a large part of the workforce of other residences located in the municipality has been formed in Casa de Campo," added Padín.
"We know that there was a report from the ADLE favorable, but it did not indicate the uniqueness of this residential with respect to others", clarified Manuel Padín.
"I have asked the manager to reapply this bonus for the following year and the City Council asked him to reconsider his position on the matter, because I think it is worth rewarding the effort and dedication of a residential model, who is working in a So positive for the elderly people of the municipality, and for the labor insertion of our young people, "announced the spokesman of Cs, who has advised the manager that, for now, not to use the judicial route against the decision of the City Council through of an administrative dispute "and exhaust all the possibilities that exist in the political way before".
Visit to the facilities
After the meeting, the orange training spokesman was able to visit the center's facilities.
The Residencial Casa de Campo de Perín has facilities of more than 10,000 square meters, currently has 62 places, 45 of them subsidized through the Murciano Institute of Social Action (IMAS), and 20 Day Center, and it has 42 permanent workers in the workforce.
The residence offers nursing services, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, physiotherapy, and physical and cognitive rehabilitation, among others, "this project is an example of the fact that quality and well-being are compatible concepts, and that professional attention to people Seniors in a totally personalized environment is possible, "said Manuel Padín.
The support of Citizens to Social Care is now unquestionable, "Citizens has achieved more than 31 million euros for social policies in the regional budgets of 2018, of these, 9 million are intended for aid for the elderly, and 500,000 euros for housing aid, "concluded the local spokesman for Cs.
Source: Ciudadanos Cartagena