Social Area

Traditionally, the organisation’s activities have been organised around three areas, which always operate in a network in order to provide overall care to each person. These are social, economic/property, and legal areas. At present, in order to maximise the joint efforts and bring them closer to people more precisely, we at Support-Girona are starting a pilot plan that considers an area of personal attention, formed by professionals from the social and economic areas, which will lead to a reshaping of teams and workspaces.

In this pilot reshaping, the legal area remains at the disposal of the area of personal attention for the legal aspects of the working plan involving people and would take over the tasks related to heritage property management.

The social area is formed by more than 70 professionals and is structured into 19 work teams for the entire territory of Girona. Each team has a mentor who receives the support of two or more actors according to the needs of the territory. Moreover, one person is in charge of coordinating the area. The mentor is responsible for the preparation and management of the assisted person’s working plan by taking into account their wishes as well as the agreement with external actors who may also play a part in conjunction with the economic/property and legal areas. The external actors carry out support on a daily basis by keeping close and frequent contact with the assisted person. The activities of Girona-Support is mainly social and, thus, involves being very close to people.

The actions are coordinated mainly with the assisted person but also involve their family members and, in a multidisciplinary manner, outside professionals of reference. Then, the corresponding social follow-up reports are prepared.

The care is also provided during emergency situations, 24 hours a day and 365 days a year.

The social area is structured into different working teams for the entire territory of Girona. Each team has a mentor who receives the support of one, two, or three supportive actors. The mentor is responsible for the preparation and management of the assisted person’s working plan by taking into account their wishes as well as the agreement with external actors who may also play a part in conjunction with the economic/property and legal areas. The external actors carry out this plan on a daily basis by keeping close and frequent contact with the assisted person. Their activities include:

  • Preparing an individual comprehensive working plan for each new support in conjunction with the economic/property and legal areas
  • Studying and processing, together with the economic area, the potential financial help that the person supported by the organisation may receive
  • Studying the most appropriate care programmes or services to address each situation
  • Multidisciplinary coordination with professionals of reference, providing assistance in emergency situations 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Preparing social reports to monitor the situation of the people being assisted
  • Carrying out regular visits to the assisted people
  • Carrying out interviews and coordinating with family members, centres, and/or entities related to the person being assisted by the organisation
  • Managing the resources necessary to provide support for everyday shopping, medical visits, hospital admissions, leisure, cultural outings, and administrative procedures

What is supported decision-making?

Supported decision-making mechanisms can take several forms, particularly with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) entering into force in May 2008 and, more recently, the state and Catalan reform entering into force in September 2021. These include natural or professional support networks, support agreements, self-help groups, peer support, advanced support guidelines, and professional support services varying in intensity and duration. These mechanisms provide support for specific aspects of a person’s life or at a global level.

Work philosophy

After the confirmation by Spain regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, approved in New York in December 2006 and confirmed by Spain in November 2007, and entered into force on May 3, 2008), the organisation has been adapting its activity in accordance with the new principles. With the publication in 2014 of the general comment no. 1 by CRPD on Article 12, regarding the equal recognition of the person with disabilities before the law, the organisation was prompted to review its activities.

Legal system, governing and financing bodies

The organisation and working methods of Support-Girona are subject to the regulations relating to foundations, to the sector-specific regulations as a social service with public liability, and to civil legislation (i.e., state and Catalan, depending on the area of competence), reformed by the State Law 8/2021 and the Decree-Law 19/2021 of the Government of Catalonia as well as to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a human rights tool of international law whose hierarchy is higher than the state or Catalan legislation.

Solidarity wills. Your legacy

What are the solidarity wills?

In a solidarity will, a person allocates part or all of their inheritance to non-profit organisations or entities with the purpose of supporting charitable causes.


 

How to include Support-Girona Foundation in your solidarity will?

  • Entering our tax details:
    • Support-Girona Foundation
    • C. Pierre Vilar, 5-7 Baixos
    • 17002 Girona
    • Tax no. G-17752288
  • Afterwards, communicate to the entity that it has been included in the will.

 

Get involved with your donation. Your action adds on human rights!

Why Support-Girona needs donations

The main source of funding for Support-Girona comes through public grants from the Catalan government in order to finance the support service. Although these grants can cover much of the cost of the organisation’s structure and staff, they, unfortunately, do not cover the support and guidance offered to family members and specialists, the provident service for future support or the assistance by a power of attorney, or the basic financial needs of people who have an income lower than the expenses required to attend to their basic needs.

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It takes part in the recruitment of young people benefiting from the Youth Guarantee Programme in Catalonia, in accordance with Order TSF/115/2018 of 12 July.

The programme is financed by the Youth Employment initiative and the European Social Fund, with a co-financing of 91.89%.

 

Foundations Register 1817. Register Department of Work, Social Affairs, and Families of the Government of Catalonia S05710.

Support-Girona is registered in the Register of Interest Groups of the Catalan Government Administration and the Public Sector. Identification number 315.

Municipal Register of Entities (Girona City Council) with number EH3234.

Census of Voluntary Entities of Catalonia 001907-000.