Our services
Rehabilitation and Mentoring
Rehabilitation and Mentoring
“Our role is to create a rehabilitation environment with numerous opportunities for self-improvement, to provide fertile ground where a new plant can put down its roots and grow...”
Restoring individuals to themselves to restore their faith in their ability to help themselves, to matter, to make the most of themselves and their skills – that’s our mission.
The Public Health Association provides rehabilitation services to over 2000 individuals with mental illness or who are coping with various disabilities who are recognized as eligible for the service by the Ministry of Health, the Rehabilitation Division of the Ministry of Welfare, and the Ministry of Defense.
In order to fulfill our vision – to see all people with disabilities fully and equally integrated in the world of employment and at all levels of society, the Association operates employment centers, a job placement service, community housing and mentoring nationwide.
Our services - Rehabilitation and mentoring
Our advantages
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A whole spectrum of services
We provide a whole spectrum of services, from an occupational club, sheltered workshops, through transitional employment, and all the way to supported employment. The services are tailored for you, to the stage you have reached in the rehabilitation process, and to your unique goals
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A variety of employment options
Our sheltered enterprises operate under a wide variety of models: from coffee shops, ceramic studios, art studios, a linguistic editing institute, a weapons assembly factory, and more. This is all so you can find your place and work in what interests you
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Health support
Beyond the occupational rehabilitation process, our service incorporates a program to promote health in protected institutions, with a wide range of lectures and workshops on healthy lifestyles, the importance of physical activity, sensible nutrition, smoking prevention, mindfulness, and more
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Cultivating human capital
As a learning organization that prizes innovation, our teams go through training and guidance processes suitable for their roles within the organization, as well as externally at a school for rehabilitation and the school for training welfare service employees. This is all to give you the most professional service
Our impact
About
1300
people integrated in occupational rehabilitation frameworks
About
80
%
integration in the open job market in the supported employment program
About
340
organizations work with us to employ people with disabilities
About
1500
people receive support and mentorship
About
500
Association mentors
About
350
staff work in rehabilitation at the Association
“My illness is part of me but is not my calling card.”
“I stopped feeling that I was losing all the time: friends, work, family. And I started to feel like I’m beginning to find things: making new friends, finding a new job; now I work at a garage, and my hope has returned.”
“The greatest gift I received in my rehabilitation process was the understanding – that I have recovered. True, maybe it’s not a complete recovery – according to the psychiatrists – but now I understand one simple thing: as long as I can function and am able to create, survive, earn a living and lead an independent lifestyle – then I have recovered. and that’s a huge thing for me.”
“Recovering from a mental illness is not like recovering from the flu; it means finding a new way of life and the new identity that I found working for the courier company where I’ve been employed for about a year.”
“I’ve started to enjoy life. I started to feel joy; my self-confidence has returned since I started working as a secretary at a law firm.”
“I exchanged my previous dreams and ambitions for new directions, and today I work in a bookstore and am very satisfied with my work.”
“I no longer think and cry about the past, but focus on the future.”
Principles of the Rehabilitation Services
Developing relationships based on trust and respect
we offer close personal support to all. Our ability to help is based on developing empathic relationships. The people we work with know that the team members are committed to them and to the shared process, and that is the cornerstone.
The person with the disability leads the rehabilitation process
We believe that every person has the basic right to manage their own life. The rehabilitation work process is shared, structured and systematic, and allows you, the recipients of the service, to assess the degree of progress in realizing your goals.
Every person has the right to experience an independent life as a member of the community
while developing skills for self-realization as an individual who is an important member of that community.
Involving the disabled person’s family members and/or significant others
The rehabilitation process is carried out with the involvement of the family and/or significant others in your life, as they are an important force multiplier in improving your quality of life.
Unique and innovative culturally adapted services
we strive to develop unique and innovative services according to the varying needs of each individual, with cultural adaptations.
Training and education for team members
as a learning organization that prizes innovation, the teams undergo training and guidance processes adapted to their roles, with an emphasis on unique, innovative approaches
Frequently Asked Questions
The rehabilitation process is fundamentally a process of change. It is a multi-step process, customized and focused on returning individuals dealing with mental issues to as much social, occupational and functional activity as possible. The goal is to enable the individual to learn how to manage their disease or disability in order to live a productive, full and meaningful life.
What is occupational rehabilitation? How can it benefit me?
Occupational rehabilitation is a professional process that allows individuals with disability issues to integrate into the workforce and later opens doors to the open job market in accordance with their abilities, skills and desire.
The process includes diagnosis and assessment of qualifications, skills and needs, the establishment of a rehabilitation program that includes occupational guidance, professional training, hands-on assistance and support, and the development of social and interpersonal skills. Our goal is to help the individual to embark on a new life path, full of meaning and hope.
The Association’s occupational rehabilitation services are provided all over the country, from Galilee to the Negev, by a dedicated and skilled team of professionals who personally accompany each person.
Can a person diagnosed with mental illness work in the open market?
- Yes, a person diagnosed with mental illness can work in the open market. Many people with mental issues work and contribute to society in a variety of fields. Occupational rehabilitation, vocational training, and occupational counseling can help people integrate into the labor market. Likewise, finding a job that suits one’s abilities, needs and desires, can increase the chance of success and satisfaction.
Our supported employment services assist people coping with disabilities in their rehabilitation process, and give them opportunities for personal growth and development.
As part of the service, we accompany each person from the occupational diagnosis stage, through writing a resume and preparing for job interviews, and provide support in the processes of absorption, adjustment and ongoing activity in the workplace.
Is it possible to recover from mental illness?
- Pharmacological and psychological treatments alleviate the symptoms, and facilitate living in the community, but do not bring about a full recovery. People diagnosed with mental illness may go through a recovery process. Recovery does not mean that the disease disappears, but rather that the individual constructs a personal and social identity based on recognition of his/her limitations. Recovery involves deep internal and emotional processes that require a change in your self-perception. Today we know that work or employment is a significant part of the recovery process, creating a sense of being useful, and contributes to personal empowerment by allowing the person to have more faith in their skills and ability to influence their own lives.
