L'Hospitalet City Council is hiring 25 unemployed people on 12-month contracts through its second municipal employment plan, linking the jobs to certified training in occupational risk prevention, equality and Catalan. For local jobseekers, the scheme means a year of paid work with training attached, while the council says the posts will support municipal services across the city.
The scheme follows another recent city programme, L'H - Primera experiència laboral, under which 23 unemployed young people were taken on this week as full-time technical staff for the next 12 months. According to reporting verified against municipal announcements, that programme is funded by the Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB) and L'Hospitalet City Council, and the new recruits were welcomed on Tuesday at CEMFO by mayor David Quirós and deputy mayor for Transformative City Cristina Santón.
What the new employment plan includes
The council's latest plan covers 25 annual contracts for unemployed people and includes certified training alongside paid employment. The training named in the source material includes occupational risk prevention, equality and Catalan.
The source material does not set out the full breakdown of the 25 posts by department, nor does it give an application deadline or official application link. It does state that the contracts run for 12 months.
- 25 contracts for unemployed people in L'Hospitalet
- Duration of each contract: 12 months
- Training included: occupational risk prevention, equality and Catalan
- This is the second edition of the employment plan
Previous youth programme placed 23 people in full-time roles
In the separate but related L'H - Primera experiència laboral plan, 23 unemployed young people have already joined the council workforce for a year. ElPlural reported that the council wants the scheme to provide a first work experience linked to university studies, improve employability and promote quality employment.
That programme combines paid work, training and support. The recruits will work full time as technical staff for the next 12 months.
- 11 higher technical posts for young people aged 21 to 35 with university degrees
- 12 assistant management technician posts for people with A-level or higher qualifications
- Higher technical staff will work across different municipal departments
- Assistant staff will support citizen service offices and district councillors' offices
With this initiative, which is being run for the second time, the City Council wants to make possible a first work experience related to university studies, support social and labour market integration, and promote quality employment.
According to the verified source text, the new workers include graduates in industrial engineering, law and economics. The welcome session took place at CEMFO, a municipal training and employment centre in L'Hospitalet.
What residents know so far
For residents looking for work in L'Hospitalet, the confirmed points are the scale of the plan, the one-year duration and the fact that training is built into the contract. The supplied source material does not confirm the recruitment timetable, eligibility rules beyond being unemployed, or how applications will be processed.
The most detailed verified information currently available concerns the parallel youth scheme, which is aimed at unemployed young people and has already placed 23 workers in municipal roles for 12 months.
Primary sources: Diputació de Barcelona. Reported by elplural.com, CatalunyaPress.es, La Vanguardia, Españainformacion, sede.valencia.es, El Llobregat, studiogenesis, anteverti.com, Natàlia Vila, citiesfordigitalrights.org, lhdigital.cat, efus.eu, apdnoticies.com.
