University extension course in Urban Green Solutions

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Telephone: 91 488 70 40
Contact Academic Address: Ricardo Moreno Rodriguez   Nerea Felgueras Custodian
Contact Academic Secretary: Nerea Felgueras Custodian  Jose Maria Lopez Diaz

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The existing relationship between training and employment becomes evident when addressing the development of vocational maturity, as well as its various components: skills for choosing, obtaining and maintaining employment, through learning and developing skills transversal, as well as the professional development of university students and graduates through specific professional training, developed from a comprehensive perspective that extends to its follow-up in labor insertion, as it is a fundamental factor that improves the possibility of academic and labor success. of people with disabilities.

For this reason, from the DIVERSIA research group and, in collaboration with the Green Office and the Unit for Attention to People with Disabilities and Educational Needs of the Rey Juan Carlos University, it is proposed to implement the "University Extension Course on Urban Green Solutions", composed continuous and specific training for employment, which responds to the job placement needs presented by the group of people with intellectual, developmental and/or autistic spectrum disabilities, in line with the latest trends in the labor market.

Lastly, both the planning and the execution of the proposed course will be carried out in coordination with the Training Center for Employment (CFE) of the JUAN XXIII-RONCALLI FOUNDATION, a reference entity in offering professional training for employment for people with intellectual disabilities. , and in generating innovative training solutions for this group, always promoting specialization and social and labor inclusion.

Objectives

• The main objective of the program is to train expert agents in urban green solutions to increase the chances of employability of people with intellectual, developmental and/or autistic spectrum disabilities, while educating them in values ​​about the principles that support the Sustainable Development Goals. .
• Provide comprehensive and personalized university education to young people with intellectual, developmental and/or autistic spectrum disabilities, as a University Extension Course in "Urban Green Solutions", adapted to the demands of the labor market, which promotes their autonomy, improves their academic training and prepare them for the world of work.
• Provide young people with social and work skills, as well as work on emotional regulation, all of which are fundamental aspects to increase their chances of finding a job.
• Involve different services and faculties of the Rey Juan Carlos University in order to encourage participants to have inclusive experiences and normalization within the University Community.
• Raise awareness among the different members of the university community (teachers, students and university staff) in relation to disabilities, especially intellectual, developmental and/or autistic spectrum disabilities, through the development of inclusive activities, volunteering and participation in the program proposed training.

Program

Recipients

Access requirements:

The requirements set out in the framework of the VI Call for the development of university training programs for employment aimed at young people with intellectual, developmental and/or autistic spectrum disabilities: UNIDIVERSITY Program, the access requirements for enrollment in the Course of University Extension in "Urban Green Solutions" are the following:

• Have intellectual, developmental and/or autistic spectrum disabilities, with a degree equal to or greater than 33% recognized by the competent body of the Autonomous Community.
• Age between 18 and 29 years, both inclusive. Applicants must have reached or will reach the age of 2022 during the year 18.
• Be a beneficiary of the National Youth Guarantee System prior to the start of the 2022-23 academic year, with a maximum seniority of fifteen days prior to the start date of the course.
• Have autonomy in medium/high displacements, even if the student has reduced mobility.
• Present adequate academic reading, writing and comprehension skills for the optimal development of a university education
• Have minimum social and behavioral skills, adequate and adjusted for their effective inclusion in a normalized training environment.
• Motivation to acquire specialized training in the field of gardening and show a high level of commitment or connection with the course.
• Show interest in conserving the environment.

Selection criteria:

• It will also be valued:
• Certificate of professionalism from the same professional family.
• Previous training in gardening.

No. of Places: 18

Academic Management and Faculty

Academic direction: Ricardo Moreno Rodríguez and Nerea Felgueras Custodian

Academic secretary: Jose Maria Lopez Diaz

Duration and development

Modality: Onsite

Number of credits: 45

Contact hours: 450

Place of delivery: Mostoles Campus.

Schedules: 10:00 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and alternate days outside these school hours, coinciding with inclusive teaching.

Start date 15 October 2022

Finish date: end of May 2023

Reservation of place and enrollment

Pre-registration period: from July 18 to October 20, 2022

Enrollment deadline: until October 20 from 2022

Title price: Free, financed by Fundación Once and European Social Fund.

Possibility of scholarship (if applicable): Yes

Pre-registration: Free.

The start of the course is conditioned to the minimum number of students enrolled.

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