Ing. Leila Alcalde Banet

Working with people with mental health issues and learning disabilities, as part of the Occupational Therapist department in a rehab hospital. I facilitate sessions in the garden where we grow flowers and organic vegetables used in cooking sessions or provided to the kitchen. In addition, outdoors sessions in the nearest forest or duck pond. Sessions are focused in maintaining or improving person skills, independence as well as well-being.

Garden volunteer delivering sessions of Horticultural Therapy. Working with adults who have early and advanced stages of Dementia or Alzheimer’s. Also, with sensory and/or physical disability.

Garden volunteer supporting the Social and Horticultural Therapist at Garden Organic. Working with adults and young people with additional learning support need conditions, physical mobility difficulties and mental health Issues. Also groups of elder people who have early stages of Dementia or Alzheimer’s as well as developing activities for young carers.

Organized project by Vegalsa-Eroski, S.A., Santiago de Compostela University, A Coruña Down Sindrom Association and CFEA de Guísamo (Agriculture school). As a part of this project I have teached, theory and practise, a group with learning disabilities about the basis of the Horticulture production. I gave support learning social skills, knowledge, job coach and task training

Participate in a new project: Development and management of a new ornamental product. Delivery and purchase management. Customer support and commercial functions.

Preparing technical requirements for maintenance of parks and gardens for the city Council of A Coruña (Excel, Microstation Bentley)

Blade inspector in national and international Wind Farms: blade inspections and final report to the costumer.

Maintenance, pruning, planting, mowing the lawn (mower and tractor), garden pest control and watering. I have participated in the work of the new design for the pond.

Responsabilities in safety plans development. Psychological work environment. Prepared a Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ). Exposure limits evaluation (industrial hygiene)

Geographic Information System (GIS) development as technical Engineer. Capture, manipulate, analyze and manage spatial areas for public organization. Training workers. Customer support.

Wholesale Nursery. International sales. Delivery and purchase management. Customer support and commercial functions. Payments and receivables management. Plan production management. Nurseries propagated and grown bamboo, ilex, camellia, buxus, magnolia, thuja,…in pot, bare-root or balled and burlapped (B&B).

Practise: horticulturists work and product quality control in fruits, vegetables and flowers. Gardening, cut Lawn, sowing, plant flowers,…

commercial experience selling websites design

Conference hostess for several Companies while I was studying.

working as a Store manager, improving my English.

Volunteer Work camp experience in Plüderhausen (Germany). Restoring an old barbecue area and improving my German.

Social and Therapeutic Horticulture: Theory and Practice; Developing a Social and Therapeutic Project; Horticulture: Skills for Practice; Planning and Design in Social and Therapeutic Horticulture; Managing a Social and Therapeutic Project.

Different specialities: Safety, Hygiene and Ergonimics. OHSAS.

8 months with an Erasmus in Portugal: economics, horticultural technologies and final project

Specialities in Horticulture Engineering, Landscape and gardening.