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We wish to give you the opportunity to join hundreds of other businesses that already employ thousands of employees with disabilities. You will benefit not only from being a partner in an important social mission of inclusion, but also from hiring employees with a particularly strong sense of motivation and purpose.

What else will you gain as an employer?

1. Placement services (free of charge) that include:

Mapping available positions in your business
Identifying suitable employees
Guidance, training, and support for the employer, their staff, and for the employee during the acclimation and integration process

2. Paying an adapted salary, according to the abilities and productiveness of the employee

3. Participation by the Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs in adaptations for employees, according to their need and position

4. Diverse labor – research shows that the inclusion of employees with disabilities in the workplace positively impacts the sense of commitment and motivation of other employees

5. Recognition from your customers that you are an open-door employer who is involved in making a social impact

Disability is a matter of perspective.
If you can do just one thing well, somebody will need you.

(Martina Navratilova)

With the support of Israel Elwyn’s multidisciplinary staff at the Job Placement Program, hundreds of employees with disabilities nationwide are successfully included in the competitive job market. These employees are placed in a variety of workplaces, including hotels, restaurants, retail chains, factories, and large businesses. Additionally, some are employed in the public sector, such as in the Knesset, courts, local authorities, and government ministries.

“We encourage employing individuals with disabilities! Working with Israel Elwyn has been very challenging and satisfying. Most of the employees in our store have been working there for four years, which just goes to show how serious and dedicated they are to their work!”

Tomer Schwartz and David Agaviev, from the “MAX” Haifa chain.

“Our relationship with Israel Elwyn comprises many years of partnership and assistance in including our employees, in supporting their work at “Pa’amit” as part of their full inclusion in the community.”

Rami Sar Shalom, CEO and owner of the “Pa’amit Store” chain.

Moriah Vanunu, Manager of Aroma at BIG in Beit Shemesh: “The thing that is most satisfying for me at work is our relationship with Israel Elwyn and employing employees with disabilities.”

Moriah Vanunu, Manager of the branch together with employee Sarah AviKazer.

“For me, employing an employee with a disability means offering equal opportunities to the entire population as they are, to attempt to see beyond the disability, and to understand that there is a person with abilities equal to mine, but he or she has difficulty with something – which can be taught if we really want to.”

Russell Zacks, owner of the boutique Russell’s Bakery, located in the Mahane Yehudah market in Jerusalem, together with employee Mordechai [Mordi] Mozeson).

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Want to join the companies, businesses, NPOs, and public institutions nationwide who are partners in a social mission?

The partnership between employers and Israel Elwyn is a win-win situation that greatly contributes to both the business and the employee.

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Businesses that are considering collaboration and would like to receive more details about employing employees with disabilities are invited to fill out the form below or contact Ron Carmi, Director of Employer Relations at Israel Elwyn.

Businesses that are full partners in employing employees with disabilities receive the “Open-Door Employer” social badge that affirms that they are equal opportunity employers and are participating in a transformation towards true inclusion in society.