Las Palmas de Gran Canaria stabilises 150 social workers and educators in its workforce

The capital's City Council has incorporated 130 social workers and 20 social educators as permanent staff, already surpassing 70% of the extraordinary stabilisation process.

The City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has taken a firm step in the fight against temporary employment in the public sector. This Thursday, 150 professionals —130 social workers and 20 social educators— have been appointed as career civil servants or contracted as permanent staff, after passing the corresponding selection processes.

A consolidation event at Jesús Arencibia

The Jesús Arencibia Cultural Space hosted the appointment and formalisation of contracts, presided over by the Councillor for Human Resources, Esther Martín, and the General Director of Human Resources, Teresa Rodríguez. Both handed over the documents to the new public employees, who will now see their job stability reinforced.

Martín highlighted that the City Council has already surpassed 70% of the extraordinary stabilisation process, with 31 professional categories resolved. “We continue to make progress in reducing temporality and providing security to those who have already been providing essential services,” the councillor stated.

Legal framework and procedure

These incorporations are part of the extraordinary Public Employment Offer derived from Law 20/2021, designed to reduce temporality in administrations. The processes have been developed through merit competitions, with the publication of provisional and definitive lists, assignment of positions in a public event, and subsequent formalisation.

The resolutions, published in the Official Bulletin of the Province (BOP) on July 3 and 8, include the appointment of nine individuals (seven social workers and two social educators) as career civil servants and the hiring of another 141 (123 social workers and 18 social educators) as permanent staff.

Reserve lists and prior experience

The General Directorate of Human Resources has created reserve lists for both processes, consisting of candidates with a score equal to or greater than five points. Additionally, prior experience has been recognised for those who were already temporarily occupying these positions in the City Council, facilitating their consolidation.

For the residents of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, this stabilisation represents an improvement in the continuity of municipal social services. Social workers and educators are key players in supporting vulnerable groups, and their permanence ensures a more stable and quality service in the capital's neighbourhoods.

With this step, the capital's City Council is getting closer to the goal of minimising temporality, while keeping open the pending calls included in the extraordinary Public Employment Offer. The new permanent staff can now breathe easy: their position is no longer temporary.