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THE
STAFF OF EXECUTIVE and ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Abraham Davis, MSW, LCSW, Executive Director Mr. Davis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Marriage Counselor. He is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers and is a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. In addition to his executive and supervisory responsibilities, Mr. Davis is a clinician and specializes in individual and marital therapy. Mr. Davis has served as chairman of the Bergen-Passaic Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. He was a founding member and president of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Conference of Jewish Communal Service, and received its Saul Schwarz Distinguished Service Award for outstanding leadership. He is a past president of the National Association of Jewish Family, Children's and Health Professionals and has served on other national boards and committees. He was previously selected as Executive of the Year by the United Way of Passaic County. Mr.
Davis has presented professional papers and led workshops at state
and national conferences and has lectured to groups and organizations
in North Jersey. Janet
Bauer, MSW, LCSW, Director of Professional Services and Resettlement
Services Prior to her employment at JF&CS Mrs. Bauer worked as a therapist at a psychiatric outpatient clinic and as a school social worker. She was then the Director of the Northeast Bergen Hospice Program at Valley Hospital and was elected to the Board of the New Jersey State Hospice Organization. As
the Director of Professional Services, Mrs. Bauer assigns cases
and provides supervision to agency clinicians. She coordinates all
EAP (Employment Assistance Programs) and Managed Care referrals,
and maintains clinicians credentialing as required by health insurance
companies. In addition, she leads groups for individuals who are
separated/divorced. She does both presentations and training in
the community on topics including Domestic Violence, Parents of
Adult Divorced Children, Parenting Teens, and the Changing Role
of Women in our Society. After September 11th, Mrs. Bauer was a
guest on a local radio program and did crisis debriefing at schools,
corporations and our YM-YWHA. Mrs. Bauer coordinates, administers
and supervises the agency's resettlement program. Ann
Pogolowitz, MSW, LCSW, Director of Senior Adult Services Prior to coming to JF&CS, Ms Pogolowitz specialized in work with developmentally disabled adults and their families and as a medical social worker. She has been a Field Instructor for graduate social work students from Adelphi University and Wurzweiler School of Social Work. As
Director of Senior Adult Services, Ms Pogolowitz oversees all senior
services, coordinates the volunteer program, supervises senior adult
staff, and carries a caseload of clients for individual therapy.
She coordinates all Holocaust services, and facilitates a group
for Holocaust survivors and a group for children of Holocaust survivors. Anne
R. Lieberman, MSW, LCSW, Director of Clinical Services, Fair Lawn Branch Office At
JF&CS, Ms Lieberman provides counseling for individuals, couples,
children and families; conducts parenting groups and supervises
professional staff. She also leads Family Life Education programs
in the community and has led training programs for agency professionals.
She has been at JF&CS since 1986. CLINICAL STAFF Lynnette
Joy Goodman, MSW, LCSW, Senior Clinical Social Worker At
JF&CS, Ms. Goodman provides counseling for adults, children and
families. She offers Family Life education programs for the community
and provides monthly in-service training to a local pre-school.
She also offers advocacy services for parents of children with disabilities,
helping them develop and access appropriate educational programs
for their children and trains and supervises JF&CS in the provision
of this service. Ms. Goodman has been at JF&CS since 1996. Marjorie
Lagstein, MSW, LCSW, Senior Clinical Social Worker At
JF&CS, Ms. Lagstein provides counseling and psychotherapy for individuals,
couples and families. She specializes in Bereavement Groups for
men and women whose spouses have died. The focus of these groups
is to help members deal with their losses and create new lives for
themselves. She also supervises an MSW intern from Hunter College
School of Social Work. Ms. Lagstein has been at JF&CS since 1993. Jane
Adelman, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker At
JF&CS, Ms. Adelman treats adolescents, adults and couples. She also
sees clients who have been referred by Employee Assistance Programs
and through Managed Care. She works with adult clients who have
had difficult childhoods as well as those who have personality disorders
and will be part of the Agency's newest service, Child/School Advocacy. Chris
Fiorello, MSW, LSW, Clinical Social Worker At
JF&CS, Ms. Fiorello works with adults and couples as well as
with children and their parents. She also works with individuals
with chronic psychiatric problems. Jill
Shanker, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker Ms.
Shanker works with individuals including children, teenagers and
adults, as well as couples. She has also done work counseling adult
children and their parents, adult siblings and similar family relationships.
She has been at JF&CS since 1996. Patricia
Vadine Ms.
Vadine treats children who present a variety of emotional problems,
children who have witnessed or experienced violence as well as children
from divorced families. As an experienced and multi-talented therapist.
Ms. Vadine is able to integrate verbal, play and art therapy, in
her treatment of children. She also works with individuals who have
conflicted relationships and marriages as well as with adults who
have eating disorders. SENIOR ADULT SERVICES STAFF Ellie
Gross, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker Prior
to coming to JF&CS, Ms. Gross supervised case managers who provided
home health services to frail and elderly, conducted group sensitivity
training sessions for them. Ms. Gross provides geriatric counseling,
and groups for adults focusing on issues of aging and relationships
with married children. Lois
Libien, MSW, LCSW, Geriatric Care Manager and Therapist Ms.
Libien has experience as a social worker in the geriatric psychiatric
unit and the acute psychiatric unit of New York Hospital-Cornell
Medical Center Westchester Division. She has eight years of private
practice in New York and New Jersey. She specializes in treating
anxiety and depression in people of all ages. At JF&CS, Lois leads
a caregivers group, and speaks at community settings about issues
of aging. Ms. Libien provides individual therapy, assessment and
care management services. Ellen
Masnaghetti, MSW, LCSW, Clinical Social Worker At
JF&CS, Ms. Masnaghetti works as a therapist providing individual,
marital and family counseling, with the primary focus on older adults.
She leads family groups and provides consultation and assessment
services. She has frrequently represented the agency at staff training
seminars in older adults issues at William Paterson University. Miriam
Adelsberg, CSW, Coordinator, Kosher Meals on Wheels Prior
to coming to JF&CS, Ms. Adelsberg was the Manager of the Village
Apartments of the Jewish Community Housing Corporation of Metrowest
and Coordinator of the Phone Alert Program of Family and Children's
Services of North Essex. RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM Paul
Klein, BS, Case Manager/Vocational Counselor In
1999, Mr. Klein joined our staff as the Vocational Counselor for
our Russian Resettlement Program. In this position, he created a
job bank, referred émigrés for employment training
and met with them to discuss all aspects involved in obtaining employment.
Subsequently, Mr. Klein became the Case Manager/Vocational Counselor
providing all the services and support necessary for new émigrés
in addition to vocational services. |
