A rehabilitation center in Haifa for Haredi women that allows them to start on an adapted and safe career path.
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 for Haredi women of the Shvim association is designed for exactly this moment: to start with a small step, in a supportive, professional, sensitive, and non-judgmental environment.
About the Rehabilitation Center for Haredi Women in Haifa
At the center, you can participate in a gradual occupational rehabilitation process, gain work experience, acquire tools, strengthen your confidence, and receive personal guidance on the path to more appropriate occupational integration. Each process is built at a personal pace, listening to the woman, her abilities, her values, and the goals that are important to her.
About the program for Haredi women in Haifa
The program is intended for Haredi women who are dealing with mental disabilities and wish to integrate into a vocational rehabilitation process that is tailored to the lifestyle, values, and characteristics of the Haredi community. The program operates with the understanding that vocational rehabilitation requires sensitivity, patience, and personal adjustment, especially when it comes to Haredi women who need a professional environment that respects their world and their needs.
Program Objective
The goal of the program is to enable every woman to find her way into the world of work, identify her strengths, acquire work habits and occupational skills, and gradually build a sense of competence, meaning, and hope. The support is provided with a high level of sensitivity to the needs of Haredi women, and within the framework of a team that includes professional women from the fields of rehabilitation and employment.
Vocational rehabilitation track tailored to Haredi women
The program combines work in a sheltered setting, and later the possibility of progressing to transitional employment and supported employment in the free market. The emphasis is on a gradual, guided and adapted process, which allows each participant to start from the right place for her and progress at her own pace.
Who is the program suitable for?
The program is intended for women from the Haredi sector who are eligible for a rehabilitation basket and who are interested in vocational rehabilitation services through a sheltered enterprise and subsequently accompanied to transitional employment and supported employment. Admission to the program is carried out after recognition of relevant eligibility, contacting the district committee to receive a rehabilitation basket and contacting the association.
Employment opportunities at the center
The center offers a variety of jobs and occupational activities, including preparing kits for occult blood tests for health insurance funds, 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.
Personal, family and community support
The program emphasizes adapting the activity to the personal and community needs of the participants. According to the organization's description, the process also includes coordination and guidance from the family, and the involvement and participation of relevant community stakeholders, to enable a more respectful, stable, and tailored rehabilitation process.
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Want to check compatibility with the center?
You can leave your details in the form or contact the center.
In an initial conversation, you can receive information about the program, understand the stages of absorption, ask questions and check together whether the framework can be suitable for you or a family member.