Who We Are

Jamma Umoja means "families in union" in Swahili. Established in 1996, Jamma offers social work services to families across the UK. With two residential family-care centres, Jamma aims to provide an independent range of services for children and their families to give the best opportunities for children to remain with their parents if it is in the child's best interests.

Jamma offers a range of bespoke parenting assessments within a multidisciplinary team, assessments and interventions are tailored to meet the needs of the service users (child & parent)

Having worked within the family courts for over 26 years and pioneering the viability assessments, Jamma now offers a range of assessment models to improve the outcomes for children and families.  We pride ourselves on the relationships we establish with children and families placed with us.   

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Jamma provides a range of groups and interventions designed to improve parenting capacity including PAMS Assessments, The Freedom Programme, Viability Assessments, Pre-Placement Risk Assessments, Mindfulness & Wellbeing Group, Men’s Group, Baby Groups including Rhyme Time, Baby Sensory and Messy Play, Baby Massage and Parent Pamper Sessions