The Aspace Catalunya Foundation has been recognized with the Avedis Donabedian Award in the category of Quality Improvement Project in Social Care for the project "Alliances with a vision of the future"A recognition that goes beyond the award, focusing on a different way of understanding training, work and quality in caring for people.
The award was collected by Carlos Varela, director of Transversal Operations and the Social Area, who highlighted:
"This recognition highlights a way of understanding attention and trainingTo improve the quality of care, it is key to bringing professional training closer to the reality of the services and the people who are part of them.
Place users at the center of the learning process transforms the students' perspective and contributes to training more empathetic, aware and committed professionals. Ultimately, this The award recognizes that quality is also built from training and shared work to better care for people.. "
When training means better care
The starting point is clear, the social sector needs professionals, but above all needs professionals prepared to accompany complex realitiesLack of relief and high turnover are not just a labor issue, but directly affect the continuity of care and the quality of life of people.
Faced with this, Aspace Catalunya proposes a simple but transformative idea, if we want to improve care, we must start with how we train future professionals.
Open doors, learn from within
Project builds alliances with Professional Training centers so that students not only study the sector, but also live it. Immersive practices allow them to enter the services, understand the rhythms, needs and real complexity of care.
This changes the look, What is theory in a classroom becomes experience here.And this experience is key to generating vocation, commitment and better professional preparation.
A role change, from people served to people who teach
One of the most significant elements of the project is the role of the users. They are not just recipients of attention, but they actively participate in the training, explaining, accompanying and evaluating.
In practice, this means that Students learn directly from those who live the day-to-day life of the services. And this has a clear impact, more empathetic professionals, more aware and more connected to the reality they will encounter.
Why it matters beyond the project
El project value it's not just its internal workings, but what it proposes at a system levelConnecting education and social services in a stable way allows us to anticipate needs, reduce fragmentation and build more stable teams.
Ultimately, it means that the people being cared for can have continuity in their support, less constant changes of professionals and more consistent care with their needs.
Impact that can be measured and felt
Els results show that the model works, A large majority of participants positively assessed the experience and a significant portion of students plan to work in the sector after experiencing it.
But beyond the data, there is a less visible and equally relevant impact, more trust, more understanding and a more human relationship between professionals and people.
A model that points towards the future
This recognition comes at a time when the sector needs to rethink itself. The Aspace Catalunya project does not provide a unique solution, but it does opens a path, working in a network, putting people at the center also in training and understanding quality as a shared responsibility.
El The challenge now is to grow this model., consolidate it and share it, so that what happens today in these training spaces can truly transform how we care and how we care for ourselves as a society.
