The main members of the Social Council of the Canary Islands have come together to paralyze the approval of the Catalog of Services and Benefits of Social Services that the Government of the Canary Islands intends to approve in December. Social workers, psychologists and caregivers consider that the continuity of the course harms the Social Services. “It’s a botch,” says Elena Felipe, president of ACUFADE, the association of people who care in the Canary Islands.
“At ACUFADE we are frankly concerned about the imminent approval of the current decree proposal because does not contemplate the provision of services as essential as specialized day centers for people living with Alzheimer’s or any other dementia“, explains Felipe. In addition,” it empties the services for the people who care and restricts important treatments such as physical therapy, cognitive stimulation, occupational therapy or emotional support to five hours a month“, Add.
–
Iframe code has been copied to clipboard
–
–
The SER has accessed the document with more than sixty amendments presented by ACUFADE, the Caregivers Association, CERMI, the Official College of Social Work, the College of Psychology of Santa Cruz, the College of Psychology of Las Palmas, the Official College of Social Education and the Coordinator of Social Action of the Canary Islands a this new catalog that regulates services and benefits as important as day centers or autonomy support services for women and girls who are victims of sexist violence.
A month ago these social agents broke relations with Noemí Santana by sending a letter to the President of the Government of the Canary Islands requesting protection against “the seriousness of the situation,” they explain in that letter. Also, “between today and tomorrow we will send a new letter to President Torres in view of the fact that we have not objected to any answer, requesting a hearing to make him understand the seriousness of the matter, “adds Elena Felipe.
For Candelaria Delgado, president of the Official College of Social Work of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, this catalog “It does not contain proposals for the 21st century, it is not clear, it is not ambitious or durable, and it also represents a restriction on current services Because they are providing services that disappear from the catalog, what will happen to those services? “asks Delgado. In addition, the catalog will also receive contributions from the FECAI and the Cabildos, which are the ones that provide most of these services.
The Cabildo de Tenerife speaks of “gaps” in the catalog and also presents numerous amendments to its content in a very tough report with Social Rights
The first island institution of Tenerife has issued a report on allegations to the draft decree approving the new catalog of services and benefits of the public system of social services in the Canary Islands. “The island councils are attributed services that are not within their competence and the Autonomous Community is exclusively attributed with powers that are of the island councils“can be read in that report.
Furthermore, according to the Cabildo de Tenerife, the catalog “does not include services that are being provided by the Cabildos in the development of their powers, and vice versa, it raises new services that are not being provided by the Cabildos,” the report adds. The Cabildo speaks of “gaps” and also ensures that Social Rights has not taken into account inclusive language with a gender perspective in this Catalog. Doubts are also raised about “the contribution of spending by local corporations (…) it is unknown how the distribution of the increase in spending has been calculated”
– Fragment of the report of the Governing Council of the Cabildo de Tenerife / Cadena SER
–
