A rehabilitation center in Haifa that allows you to start a new path, at your own pace.
If you have reached this page, you probably want to explore the possibility of moving forward. Maybe it is for you, maybe for a family member, or maybe just to understand what the options are. The rehabilitation center in Haifa of the Shvim association is designed for exactly this moment: starting with a small step, in a supportive, professional, and non-judgmental environment. At the center, you can integrate into a gradual vocational rehabilitation process, gain work experience, acquire tools, strengthen your confidence, and receive personal guidance on the path to a more tailored occupational integration. Each process is built at a personal pace, listening to the person, their abilities, and the goals that are important to them.
About the Rehabilitation Center in Haifa
The center is located at 3 Atlit Alley in Haifa and has been operating for about two decades. It provides rehabilitation, training and occupational integration services to those eligible for the rehabilitation basket living in Haifa and nearby communities. Alongside the center's activities, an occupational rehabilitation service is also operated for mentally handicapped Haredi women.
Rehabilitation and employment pathways
The center has three training and integration tracks: sheltered employment, transitional employment , and supported employment .
The goal is to provide work and life skills, assist in finding a job, provide assistance at the beginning, and support persistence in the free labor market as needed.
Employment opportunities at the center
The center offers a wide range of jobs and areas of activity, which allows for a match between the task and the abilities, skills and aspirations of the service recipients. Among the areas of activity: preparing kits for occult blood testing for health insurance, a production line for assembling piping for a water bar, soldering work, industrial packaging and shrink wrapping, assembling electrical boxes and electrical outlets for child protection, preparing gift boxes, advertising products and Judaica products.
Who is the center suitable for?
The center is intended for people dealing with mental disabilities and eligible for a rehabilitation basket, who are interested in integrating into a gradual, supportive and accompanying vocational rehabilitation process. The service can be suitable for those who are at the beginning of the journey and need a stable framework, as well as for those who are ready to move towards a more independent integration into the world of work. The center is intended for service recipients from Haifa and the surrounding communities.
Personal support throughout the process
Each service recipient is accompanied by a rehabilitation guide and a rehabilitation coordinator. The accompaniment is based on values of respect, personal attention, honesty, fairness, cooperation, and teamwork.
Success stories
When rehabilitation is framed, change occurs.
From a closed ward in a mental health hospital to the center of Haifa, 3 Atlit Alley Street.
A. did not reach the level of equals to work.
She came to start over.
When she joined a few years ago, she brought with her a complex history of 32 psychiatric hospitalizations , the last of which lasted seven and a half years in a row . She arrived withdrawn and neglected, with significant difficulty in emotional regulation, communication, and daily functioning. Trust in herself and in the systems was almost nonexistent.
We didn't try to change it quickly, though.
A stable, clear, and tailored framework was built for her – routine, rhythm, daily and meaningful work.
And when a difficulty arose, it was treated as a natural part of the process, not as a failure.
Through human guidance, consistent reinforcement, and adapting tasks to her abilities, her strengths began to be revealed: ability to express herself, accuracy, responsibility, and quality work. A connection was created, trust was built.
Gradually, A. learned to identify difficult situations, ask for help, use regulation tools, and share – both in struggles and successes.
Today, A' is calmer, more connected to herself, demonstrates a high level of work, curiosity, and commitment. She is strengthening personal independence, settling into a routine, and taking another significant step – entering the placement process toward integration into the open labor market.
This is not a story of miracles.
This is the story of a consistent, professional, and humane rehabilitation process.
Equally –
Rehabilitation is built anew every day, through work, connection, and the human perspective.
February 2026