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enthusiasm with which the training was received.
Paola Alberdi is a leader of the foster care team that
looks after children and adolescents aged between
0 and 17 placed in new families ,whilst also
working as a teacher at the Fray Bentos Women’s
Home. Alberdi does not hesitate to say that “the
training was great and was provided to all staff;
it was clear that this was the right environment for
it”, she emphasizes. For example, she points out
that at the Men’s Home all officials met to read the
material provided by La Barca when in 36 years
they had been unable to gather all of the officials
together to hold a meeting. The key to achieve
this, according to her, is based on the fact that the
theory was supported by the NGO’s case studies
in Montevideo. “Working with cases of children
in families with actual follow-up gave us a lot of
material to work with”, notes Alberdi.
The organisation La Barca, with 29 years of
accumulated experience, trained the staff of INAU
Río Negro in a new way of working, supported
by the use of software that seeks to improve
management. The project is supported by UNICEF
and the UPM Foundation.
Antidestino, as the project is called, was set up in
response to the concerns of the INAU Río Negro
management about incorporating technology tools
that will improve the management of the centres.
The support from La Barca for the INAU Río Negro
Departmental Office consisted of introducing a
new way of working, supported by the installation
of specific software. The La Barca team held seven
instructor-led training courses that were attended by
an average of 70 INAU staff members. “Virtually
100% of staff took part”, said the regional
coordinator of La Barca, Gonzalo Soria, who
was very satisfied with the level of interest and the
INAU [Institute of Children and
Adolescents in Uruguay] RÍO NEGRO
INNOVATES IN ITS WAY OF WORKING
INCORPORATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND NEW PRACTICES
TRAINING OF STAKEHOLDERS
ObjeCtivES
•
To train the officials of INAU
Río Negro
•
To implement software for
recording, planning and
evaluating socio-educational
processes
Training
hours
30
Officials
70
Children and
adolescents
involved
2.100
INAU
Centers
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