Successfully presented the gerontology care centred in Tarragona

Tarragona, March 2012.- about 170 people have participated this Tuesday March 20 in the day “Social services in times of crisis.” How to innovate? », organized by the Social Action of Catalonia Consortium in collaboration with the city of Reus and the Catalan Association of municipalities, and addressed to policy-makers, technical and professional social services of local entities, associations and students of this field.

At the opening of the day was attended by the Mayor of Reus, Carles Pellicer; the Manager of the Social consortium of Catalonia, Estanis Vayreda, and the Director of the territorial services in Tarragona of Social Welfare and family, Anna Maria Solé.

The call of the day wanted to convey to the professionals of the social world that despite the current context of crisis must continue to develop tools, both personal and professional, that would advance new models of management and attention to the users of social services.

The day has developed along two axes: innovation, both in management and in the provision of social services and the networking between institutions, institutions and administrations.

The day was scheduled the presentation «technical innovation: new models of care for the elderly. ” «The gerontology focused attention in the person», in charge of Teresa Martínez, an expert in social gerontology, to present the new model of care for the elderly, ACP (attention centered on the person). At the same time, Albert Serra Martín, master’s degree in public administration from ESADE, Professor of the Department of policy of company and the Institute of governance and public management of ESADE and consultant in governance, explained strategies for the management of the crisis in the field of social services, in the paper ’ innovation in management: I am professional social services: strategies for the management of the crisis “.

The closure of the day was entrusted to the President of the Commission of social services of the Association of Catalan municipalities (ACM), David Tena Saldoni, and Councillor of the area of Social Welfare of the city of Reus, Montserrat Vilella who claimed on the day that “the current situation of economic crisis obliges us to do a reading in depth the situation of» «social services already rethinking, between the different actors involved, both management and the provision of services, and the new needs of users».

The day has also served to publicize the demarcation of Tarragona the consortium of Social Action of Catalonia (CASC), which offers a new social services to local management.