Jack Nadel Social Services Center

PARTNERS IN CARING (PIC)

MISSION

PIC is a social service arm of partner synagogues and Sid Jacobson JCC, supplementing and complementing the services and care provided by each organization, with professional social work support to clergy, Jewish professionals, leadership, membership and the greater community. PIC helps create a caring and responsive Jewish community.

We’re here to help

• Bereavement
• Caregiving
• Marital Issues/Separation/Divorce
• Cancer Wellness
• Parenting
• Life's Transitions
• Support Groups
• Short-term Counseling
• Legal, Financial & Career Resources (UJA-Federation's Connect to Care)
• Information and Referral Services
• Community Events and Synagogue Workshops

Need help? Support? Information?

PIC Warmline 516-484-1545, ext. 196

Over 100 people call the PIC warmline every month!

SUPPORT GROUPS

Groups are small, intimate, age and lifestage appropriate and facilitated by caring, experienced, professional social workers. A brief telephone intake is required for registration. For more information, contact Audrey Bernstein, LMSW at 516-484-1545, ext. 196.
8 sessions
Fee $120 / JCC and PIC-affiliated synagogue members $80

Recent Loss and Bereavement
A small, intimate support group for those who have lost a partner and are in the grieving process.Next Step Bereavement
A support group for those who have lost a partner and have already attended a support group for the newly bereaved.

Next Step Bereavement
A support group for those who have lost a partner and have already attended a support group for the newly bereaved.

Recent Separation and Divorce
An intimate support group for those experiencing the challenges and changes that can come with divorce and separation.

Next Step Separation and Divorce
A group for those who have already attended a divorce and separation support group.

Caregiver Support Group
Weekly support group for those who are feeling overwhelmed and over-extended by the demands of caring for family, career, parents and loved ones.

Sandwich Generation Support Group
Explore the many stresses that one encounters when juggling the dual responsibilities of caring for your family and aging parents

Strength to Strength: Cancer Wellness - FREE Cancer Wellness Program for Adults
Physical fitness and discussion geared to the special needs of individuals recovering from cancer treatment or actively engaged in a treatment regimen. Led by a professional social worker and certified cancer exercise specialist (CES). Caregivers are welcome too. Physician's clearance and intake with social worker required prior to beginning program. Funded in part by the Beth C. Tortolani Foundation and Manhasset Women's Coalition Against Breast Cancer.
Ongoing
FREE (donations are welcome)

For more information, click here. 

The Grandparents Circle
A program for Jewish grandparents whose children are intermarried. Sharing and support related to preserving Jewish heritage and nurturing Jewish identity within the context of interfaith marriage.
Sunday, 10:00–11:00am
FREE

PARTNER SYNAGOGUES

We're here to help!

Partners In Caring (PIC) is funded by a generous grant from UJA-Federation of New York and by partner synagogues. Over 7,000 families in the community belong to the JCC or a PIC partner synagogue. Our current partner synagogues include:

• The Community Synagogue 
• Congregation Tifereth Israel
• Lake Success Jewish Center
  
• Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation / Kehillat Shir Ami
  
• Port Jewish Center
  
• Shelter Rock Jewish Center
• Temple Beth Israel
  
• Temple Beth Sholom
• Temple Israel of Great Neck
  
• Temple Isaiah
  
• Temple Judea
  
• Temple Sinai of Roslyn
  
• Temple Tikvah 
• The Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore
• Woodbury Jewish Center

PIC is part of your synagogue, including onsite services: student/teacher workshops, parenting classes, staff training, clergy and professional support, board and committee development, and more. Wherever there is a need to create a more caring community.

PIC STAFF

Connie Wasserman, LCSW
Associate Executive Director
ext. 125, cwasserman@sjjcc.org

Susan Broxmeyer, LCSW, ACSW
Clinical Social Work Supervisor
ext. 196, sbroxmeyer@sjjcc.org

Audrey J. Bernstein, LMSW
PIC Social Worker
ext. 196, abernstein@sjjcc.org

Randy Hight, LMSW
PIC Social Worker
ext. 196, rhight@sjjcc.org

Margy Ringelheim, LMSW
PIC Social Worker
ext. 196, mringelheim@sjjcc.org

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SERVICES

We offer professional, confidential short-term counseling for individuals, youth, teens, adults, seniors and families.
Fee FREE intake, $65 per session thereafter / members* FREE intake and complimentary follow-up session, $25 per session thereafter

PIC Warmline 516-484-1545, ext. 196

INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES

We offer information and make referrals to trusted local social service organizations that can provide further support on issues including: career guidance and support services**; children with special needs***; domestic violence, financial and legal matters**; gambling; GLBT needs; geriatric care; health issues; housing, assisted living, nursing home and hospice; substance abuse (alcohol, tobacco, drugs) and bullying.

*For all PIC programs and services, the fee for “members” includes JCC members and those individuals and families who are members of one of our partner synagogues.

**For additional information on career guidance and support services and financial and legal matter, please visit our Connect to Care page.

UPCOMING EVENTS