Annual Report 2014

TRAINING OF STAKEHOLDERS

INAU [Institute of Children and Adolescents in Uruguay] RÍO NEGRO INNOVATES IN ITS WAY OF WORKING INCORPORATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND NEW PRACTICES

ObjeCtivES • To train the officials of INAU Río Negro • To implement software for recording, planning and evaluating socio-educational processes

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

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.

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Children and adolescents involved

Officials

INAU Centers

Training hours

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