The councilman of Social Welfare, Juan Carrion, accompanied by the coordinator of "The Candle," Eva Maria Leon, has closed the workshop on "Social Skills for Employment, which has lasted 60 hours, with the delivery of diplomas to the 18 unemployed people in the county that have participated in this training activity.
The workshop, conducted by the Collective for Social Promotion "The Candle" in collaboration with the Instituto Murciano Social Action and the Social and Labour Integration Service of the Department of Social Welfare of the City of Totana, funded through European Social Funds, is part of one of the training activities being developed within the project "WORK: A step towards employability."
Through this project, as reported by the coordinator has tried to inform, guide and accompany the process of preparation and research to get a job to the unemployed with special difficulties in access to employment.
This is an initiative of socio-professional nature, by which it has tried to facilitate the employment of those persons in the town of Totana found in situations of risk or social exclusion are interested in actively participating in changing their status unemployment.
This resource is intended as "a step towards the employability of participants, based on both the personal guidance, conducting individualized itineraries of insertion, and specific training workshops that address the characteristics and needs of participants, enabling them to In order to place them in a better position in the labor market, thus achieving both access to employment and maintenance.
The council commended the technical group for the implementation of these initiatives and the participants of this training, which claimed to have been highly satisfied with the contents worked on the course.
The specific actions that the collective "The Candle" will continue to develop within the project "Labor" will focus on career counseling, individual sessions to jointly establish with the participants their route to employment and develop their professional profile, Social Orientation, Education and Exploration search for potential jobs.
Since launching the project in November last year, have been addressed individually to more than 100 people, of which about 70 are also provided training.
All those people who are in difficulty to access a job and is a concern to know and think about the world of work by absorbing the importance of access to stable employment, may request information through the telephone number 968 418 174 or going to the offices of the Collective for Social Promotion "The Candle", located in C / Gómez Archpriest Pellicer, No. 1 mezzanine (BBVA high next to the church of Santiago).
