The Rita J. Kaplan Jewish Connections Programs

CEU credits: NASW accreditation
Location: JBFCS, 120 W 57 St, NY
Fee: Jonathan Katz, LCSW
To register: www.jcprograms.org / 212-399-2685

The JBFCS Rita J. Kaplan Jewish Connections Programs (JCP) help Jewish New Yorkers and the institutions that serve them create and sustain caring communities that promote resiliency in the face of major life challenges such as illness, loss, addiction, divorce, single parenthood and the burdens of caregiving.

JCP fulfills this mission by:
• Providing a continuum of professional, volunteer, and mutual support services
• Integrating social work practice with the richness and resources found in Jewish tradition and spirituality
• Providing consultation and training to mental health professionals, clergy, educators, and volunteers

Doula to Accompany & Comfort
A Program within JCP

End-of-Life Care: Continuing Education & Support for Professionals

This non-sectarian program responds to the needs of health care professionals to provide continuing education and support for social workers, nurses, physicians, case managers, community based case workers and anyone else working with the seriously ill. Life-limiting illness and the dying process can raise many issues for the client as well as the practitioner. This workshop will: further understanding of this stage of life including psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual factors; help participants identify and define their personal responses to death and dying in order to increase their professional effectiveness; and offer practical skills to address unique challenges that are presented during this very special time of life.

Dates: TBD, Fall and Spring
For more information:
Judith Kahn, MA
JKahn@jbfcs.org • 212 399 2685

Bikur Cholim Coordinating Council
A Program within JCP

21st Annual Conference on Visiting the Sick

Programs for Visiting the Sick can be organized in large and small communities. On the second Sunday of November each year, we host an annual conference in New York City to provide training and inspiration to perform this mitzvah. Participants gain skills and confidence through a variety of workshops, in order to visit the sick on their own, as part of a group, or to develop their own program in their community. Workshop topics include: basic visiting skills; developing an effective visitors program; documenting ethical wills, skills for telephone visiting; organizing youth visiting programs; caregiver stress reduction, and selfcare and advice for program coordinators.

Dates: November 9, Sunday, 8:30am - 3:30pm
For more information:
Robin Schoenfeld, LMSW
JBikurCholimCC@jbfcs.org . 212 399 2685 ext 212

Our staff can arrange assistance through collaboration, consultation and training in the following areas:

Training Areas • Training Topics

Addiction: Basics of Addiction and Codependency
Addiction: Community Responsibility and Response
Addiction: Early Intervention
Addiction: Treatment and Recovery
Addiction: Jewish Spiritual Support During Recovery
Addiction: The 12-Steps and Recovery
Caregiving
Caregiver Self-Care
Divorce
Developing a Mutual/Peer Support Group
End of Life Care
Facilitating a Professionally-Facilitated Support Group
Grandparenting Skills
Health Care Proxies
Loss and Bereavement
Single Parenthood
Spirituality and Social Work Practice
Spirituality and Recovery from Trauma
Visiting Skills: Supporting Those Who are Homebound or Ill
Organizing and Sustaining Volunteers

For more information:
Alisha Goodman, LMSW, Deputy Director
info@jcprograms.org • 212 399 2685