Jack Nadel Social Services Center
PARTNERS IN CARING (PIC)
We all need help sometimes. To support our community, Sid Jacobson JCC has joined together with partner synagogues from Long Islands North Shore to form Partners in Caring (PIC). PIC provides counseling, support groups and a Jewish perspective for those tough times in our lives.
Were here to help.
Bereavement
Marital Problems
Caregiving
Singles
Health and Illness
Parenting
Stress/Trauma
Life's Transitions
Partners in Caring offers:
Support groups (new groups now forming)
Short-term counseling
Legal, financial and 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!
Kenneth Ginsburg, Letting Go with Love and Confidence, Raising Responsible, Resilient, Self-Sufficient Teens in the 21st Century
Dr. Ginsburg offers practical advice on everyday challenging decisions. This discussion will help parents manage emotions about letting go, reduce conflict around the whens, minimize anxiety over the hows, gain confidence to make the right decisions and understand that nurturing independence is an act of love. Dr. Ginsburg is an Adolescent Medicine specialist. In collaboration with Partners In Caring (PIC).
March 6, 7:30pm
Fee $5 / $10 at the door
To register, click here.
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.
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.
Sandwich Generation Caregiver
Explore the many stresses that one encounters when juggling the dual responsibilities of caring for your family and aging parents.
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.
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)
Yoga for Cancer Survivors
This is a unique combination of group exercise classes and supportive counseling services geared to the needs of people recovering from or actively engaged in cancer treatment and their caregivers. All participants much receive their physicians consent prior to starting this program.
Wednesday Evenings
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
Stuart Botwinick, MaJEd, MAJCS
Assistant Executive Director
ext. 112, sbotwinick@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.
Stu Botwinick, Assistant Executive Director, 516-484-1545, ext. 112, sbotwinick@sjjcc.org
