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CERTIFICATES FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE WORKERS
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03/09/2001
03/09/2001
| 40 participants were awarded certificates for having | successfully completed training in Residential Social Care. The Course was organized by Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem and funded by The National Commission for Mental Health. |
| During the presentation, Acting Prime Minister and | Minister for Social Policy, Lawrence Gonzi congratulated the participants for their achievement and emphasized on the importance that all workers involved in the social sector are well prepared and trained to be able to deliver their professional services to empower and assist personal and community development. |
| He said that Residential Care Workers had a delicate | job to do and people making use of these facilities should expect a professional service. This can only be achieved through good staff selection and staff training. Dr Gonzi congratulated both the Foundation and the Commission for joining forces on this project and he said that Government would support joint initiatives as this enhanced the ability to work together, while making more effective use of resources. He said that Government sought to fund more and more those organizations that ensured standards of quality service. |
| The Co-ordinator of the Homeless Shelter in Gzira, Mr | Terry Gosden said that the Foundation insisted on standards and in spite of the very limited resources, it placed staff training top on its list of priorities. This reflected itself in the increased numbers of people using the service and moving into full time employment and independent living. In fact, since start up there were over 200 persons who resided for some time in the facility, while 180 have found employment and left the facility. !75 have moved into independent living. |
| Mr Gosden said that the shelter was a temporary | facility where people in crises find support until they are able to take full responsibility for themselves. In this respect he said that the new facility for homeless women and children shall be ready by the end of September and he said that the Foundation needed volunteers to help it raise funds to cover the cost of running the new facility. He hoped that enough funds will be raised to launch the project before the year is over. |
| Professor Maria Therese Camilleri Podestà , the | chairperson of the National Commission for Mental Health said that the Commission backed this training, as the Gzira Shelter was doing sterling work with homeless people and more individuals with Mental Health difficulties were seeking its services. She said that the Commission has just approved funding for a second training programme for these participants and also funding to upgrade the bathrooms of the facility. |
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