| The Program of Accompaniment for Social Inclusion (PAIN) has provided care to 42 residents of Totana in situations of serious risk or social exclusion | The Accompaniment Program for Social Inclusion (PAIN) has provided care to 42 residents of Totana in a situation of serious risk or social exclusion, according to sources from the Department of Social Welfare.These people often lack family and social support given their serious personal problems: drug addiction, mental illness, ex-prisoners, prostitution, etc.In this sense, they hardly participate or are incorporated into standardized resources of the community (work, health, educational, among others), given their lack of knowledge and social and personal skills for this, which causes them a greater deterioration of health and situation of Social isolation.The program, through a joint approach with the user of insertion itineraries and the use of socio-educational techniques, tries to compensate for this lack of natural supports through an intervention philosophy based on the proximity and accessibility of the user.The most outstanding interventions that the program has developed - carried out mainly by a Social Worker and a Social Educator - have focused on solving the most urgent needs of these people, strengthening their ties and social networks, and accompanying them physical access and positive use of the resources of the environment.Therefore, it should be noted that the Accompaniment Program for Social Inclusion has been establishing itself as a reference and operational resource in the development of actions against social exclusion suffered by various people and groups in the town, being especially relevant in these moments of crisis health care generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
