jewish mental health services in greater london
| type of service |
| Jami Mental Heatlth Outreach Team provides a quick response to any call concerning a member of the Jewish Community requesting or needing advice or help relating to a wide spectrum of mental health needs. |
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| Address | |
| Alternative Name | Jewish Association for the Mentally Ill Outreach Programmes,-hospital visiting |
| Address | 16a North End Road |
| Golders Green | |
| London | |
| NW11 7PH | |
| Phone | 020 8 458 2223 (O) |
| 0778 068 1099 (M) | |
| Fax | 020 8 458 1117 |
| Website | www.jamiuk.org |
| main functions |
| Supporting Mental Health Users and Carers who identify themselves as Jewish. The Team are pro-active in helping to improve the quality of life for those who are vulnerable and isolated. This is achieved by telephone contact, regular group meetings and activities. Visiting those in hospitals, hostels and at home. Responding to requests from Jewish and non jewish mental health agencies. |
| other activities |
| Multi-faith activities arranged in hospitals and hostels to celebrate Jewish Festivals. Regular activities - 'out and about' for our Members in South London (JAMI South) Recruiting and training and supporting Volunteers Regular meetings arranged through 'Coffee House Challenge' at Starbucks in East Croydon |
| Access |
| opening times - Office hours:
9.30am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday,
excepting Jewish and National Holidays. catchment area - Greater London & the Home Counties. age limit - upper age limit 65 public transport - Golders Green Station (Northern Line) bus routes 13, 82, 83,102, 183, 210, 328 for JAMI Head Office accessability - no wheelchair access no disabled toilets referral - self-referral gp referral mental health worker referral |
| background information on this organisation |
JAMI is a recovery orientated mental health charity founded in 1989 by parents, relatives and friends of people with mental ill health. JAMI offers a range of culturally specific services for Jewish people who have a severe and enduring mental illness. The organisation is committed to working alongside statutory services to provide a high quality community-based service which enables people to maximise their potential and take control of their own recovery. JAMI House day centre offers a range of opportunites that support people to maintain as independent a life as possible. Attendance at JAMI House can give meaning and purpose to the day. It offers the safety and security that so many people require. However with the support and encouragement from staff and trained volunteers people are able to rediscover lost independence and social skills. Social workers are available to offer advice, advocacy and support to all service users or carers following telephone or internet contact. JAMI also provides an outreach service visiting people in mental health units. This service is carried out by a group of dedicated volunteers who provide a much needed link between those in hospital and the Jewish community. This work is especially important around the Jewish Festival celebrations when people may feel removed from their own communities. Volunteers also visit service users in group homes and residential care accommodation. In addition, we run a charity shop which is partially staffed by service users, a carers support group, and a befriending project which matches volunteers with isolated service users. |
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| advice, carer, groups, individual, social, sport, younger people, |
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| Tu b'shvat | |||
| The South London JAMI group has made it their tradition to plant a tree to celebrate tu b'shvat in a different location each year. Last year they planted a tree on Wandsworth Common, the year before in the garden of Croydon Synagogue. This year the Group enjoyed a day at Nightingale during which a Magnolia tree was planted. | |||
| 26th Feb 2008 | |||
| 2 events stories | |||
| next event - coffee shop challenge | |||
| wednesday 4th June 2008 meeting at Starbucks in Croydon | |||
| 14th May 2008 | |||
| future events | |||
| Visits to Greenwich Park. Boat trips. Activities at Canary Wharf. | |||
| 14th May 2008 | |||