What We Do
Where: The Mount Olivet Boys' Home is located in sea of greenery approximately 10 miles north of the town of Mandeville, three miles from Spalding and four miles from Christiana. The area is set apart from the hustle and bustle of every day life and is relatively cooler than the rest of the island.
Forty four years ago, the UCJCI in collaboration with the Government of Jamaica restored the old solidly built Presbyterian Manse into a residential setting for children in need of Care and Protection.
The Child Development Service of the Ministry of Health has the statutory responsibility for children who are deemed by the Family Court to be in need of care and protection. Under the Juvenile Law of 1948, The Court may either place the juvenile on a Fit Person Order or a Supervision Order. Those who are given Fit Person Orders become wards of the State and are placed in children’s homes or foster care.
The Mount Olivet Boys' Home is a private residential home that is owned by the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The youngsters are neglected or abused and as such the Home provides psychological counseling through the Child Protection and Family Services Agency for them. CPFSA supervises the placements. We provide for their mental, spiritual and moral development as well as to their material environment and social care.
Mount Olivet seek to minimize the emotional and psychological risks that endanger the welfare and well being of the residents in its care and to endeavor to close the serious gaps in the socialization process which some of them experience.
