Guidance and Accompaniment for the Social Integration of the Immigrant Population

Practice Aim

To provide attention to newly arrived immigrants, immigrants with a long process of staying in Spain with difficulties or doubts when carrying out administrative procedures, both social and legal, and native population, in general, mixed marriages or people who want to employ people in irregular or nationalized situations.

Target Groups

Population of foreign origin. Immigrant population

Identification of stakeholders that made an identification of the practice:

Municipal Office of Information, Guidance and Accompaniment for the Social Integration of the Immigrant Population. (La Rueca Association).

Name and leading organization

Begoña Torrijo Rodríguez: 914625480 / 664596139 Daniela Montes Arenas: 917581437 / 664594877

Target group, Attention Profile

  • Newly arrived immigrants.
  • Immigrants with a long process of staying in Spain with difficulties or doubts when carrying out administrative procedures, both social and legal.
  • Native population, in general, mixed marriages or people who want to employ people in irregular or nationalized situations.
  • Public and private administrations and NGOs that request technical support for their intervention.

Characteristics

  • Lack of economic resources.
  • Unemployment Situation
  • Unexpected irregularity
  • Lack of personal resources and / or social skills, which
  • hinder your process of autonomy and integration
  • Single people with dependent minor sons and daughters.
  • Young boys.
  • People who do not know how to speak Spanish, as a difficulty added to other vulnerability factors.
  • Lack of support social networks.
  • Difficulties in the coexistence, interpersonal and family and/or relational between the individual and their social environment.

Basic Difficulties

  • Cultural shock and cumulative stress: Cultural interactions can be an opportunity for positive learning, or they can be a more or less important degree of stress. (Migratory grief).
  • Lack of Language: communication and understanding problems due to lack of knowledge of the language.
  • Lack of basic training in their countries of origin, or illiteracy.
  • Ignorance of the processes for carrying out administrative procedures / procedures at public and private level.
  • Existence of barriers in access to new technologies.

Most Requested Consultations

  • Legal: Social and Family Rooting. Residence and work authorization renewals. Family reunification. Nationality. Long Term / EU Residence Authorization. Community card and community relatives. Asylum and refuge.
  • Social: Minimum Insertion Income Information. Disability assessment application. Retirement Minors. Census. Minor education system, homologation and training. Appointments before the Public Administration. Economic precarious situations.
  • Employment: Preparation of curriculum. Training courses. Job intermediation. Access to the approval of titles. Professional certificates. Occupational Training
  • Spanish: Complementary training. Access to free resources. Extracurricular activities

Application setting:

Context (no information provided)

Length

2 + 2 years

Requirements/ accessibility issues

The immigrant population is faced with numerous administrative obstacles and access to resources.

Performance procedures

  • Individualized / personalized attention. Closeness and proximity.
  • Individual itineraries in the search.
  • Welcoming / Social accompaniment.
  • Active listening.
  • Customization.
  • Group work (training / employment).
  • Network work. Both for the derivation and for the execution of certain actions.
  • Facilitate autonomy and independence.
  • Social technology
  • Clear and concise information.
  • Interactive Spanish classes combined with cultural outings in the neighbourhood.

Results

High levels of attention.