Jerusalem Hills Therapeutic Centers
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Mission Statement
The Jerusalem Hills Therapeutic Centers provide both a warm home and therapeutic framework for approximately 100 children ages 6-15, all of whom are children at risk with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning disorders. The children come from all parts of Israel. Many of them have been victims of abuse – emotional, physical, and sexual – and some are placed at our facilities by court order. The Jerusalem Hills mission is to rehabilitate these children and their families and to enable them to integrate into the general society as adults and lead a normative lifestyle.
About This Cause
Background: The Jerusalem Hills Therapeutic Centers is a unique Children’s Home, providing therapeutic treatment and special education to approximately 100 at-risk boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 15. The children come from all sectors of Israeli society but most of them were victims of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual); neglect; rejection, or abandonment and sadly suffer from severe trauma and emotional/behavioral disorders as a result. All these children are physically sound but bear psychological scars that distort their behavior and make normative human interaction virtually impossible. They cannot concentrate on school work, are unable to form trusting relationships, and their aggressive, destructive behavior has poisoned their experiences so they fail to adjust to foster homes or boarding schools. Many of them are placed in our facilities by court order, or after having spent time in children’s psychiatric wards, and without long-term comprehensive therapeutic treatment, they will endure lives in the criminal justice system or further psychiatric facilities. The children come to the Jerusalem Hills for an extended period of 4-6 years, where they are provided with both a warm home and a therapeutic framework. The Home is open 365 days a year with a large professional team with a ratio of almost two adults per child, dedicated to their rehabilitation from the traumas of their early years. In addition to the boarding units, there is a special education school and a rich therapeutic framework with teachers, psychologists, social workers, and therapists of different specialties, providing support and individualized care to each of the children. The staff creates an environment of reliability, stability, and close personal relationships for each child. In many cases, the Jerusalem Hills is the last chance at rehabilitation for many of these children, and our treatment method “Therapy in Life Space” yields significant success year after year, receiving international recognition. According to this method, therapy takes place in every aspect of the children’s life at the Home and is based on four principles: long-term treatment; a one-on-one relationship between the child and their therapist; the integration of the child’s family in the rehabilitation process; and the ongoing training of caregivers. Through this unique treatment method, thousands of graduates have been mainstreamed and today live as productive members of Israeli society. Nearly 70% of children go on to military service, academic studies, careers, and overall better brighter futures. History: The Children’s Home began its story in 1943 as a safe haven for boys and girls who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe through Tehran. Their four-year journey to Israel was complex and filled with hunger, cold, and diseases. Sadly, 34 Teheran children, whose life experiences at such a young age left more severe scars on their souls, could not be integrated into regular institutions. In an attempt to respond to their special needs, the Children's Home was established by the Bnei Brit Women’s Organization, and from here it embarked on its mission to rehabilitate and mainstream traumatized immigrant and Israeli children. In 2009, after the Bnei Brit Organization disbanded, the support of the women ceased completely and the Children’s Home was established as a not-for-profit organization, changing its location to the Jerusalem Hills next to Abu Gosh and thus its name to “The Jerusalem Hills Therapeutic Centers”. In addition to the Children's Home, since 1999, the Jerusalem Hills established a Treatment and Training Center that provides a broad range of quality mental health services to the public. It houses two main objectives: One is the outpatient clinic for therapy and counseling, and the second is training courses and seminars for professionals in the field. The Center is based on the body of psychoanalytic knowledge on child development, adolescence, and parenting, which has been learned from the treatment of children and teenagers at the Jerusalem Hills over the years. The training courses include a three-year psychotherapy program, in-depth programs for experienced therapists, as well as a selection of courses for Children’s Home staff members. Budget and Donations: The Children's Home is a registered Israeli charity (no. 580282085) that receives funding from the Ministry of Social Affairs, but donations are a critical component of its budget. These donations make it possible to maintain our high therapeutic level and are used for therapy sessions for the children and their family members, the dining room that provides healthy meals cooked fresh in our campus kitchen every day, awake-overnight counselors who are available to the children throughout the night to prevent harm, bar/bat mitzvah celebrations, fun activities and more.