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Page 7-THE NEWS-May 1991 Meet the Staff Members at Jewish Family Services Jewish Family Services, a branch of the Charlotte Jewish Federation, is a social work and counseling agency. We are funded by the Federation, our annual Friends of the Agency Campaign, grants, fees from clients and donations. Our ge riatric component is open to the entire Charlotte community; the vocational, counseling, limited financial assistance, resettlement and other areas are restricted at present to serving individuals and families where at least one person is Jewish. The Jewish Family Services staff members serving the community and their areas of expertise are as follows: Adrienne J. Rosenberg, MSW, ACSW, Director; Iris E. Mad ison, MSW, ACSW, Clinical Social Worker; Laurie Gordon, BA, Outreach Worker; Sally Schrader, Resettlement Coordi nator; Susanna Horton, BA, In- Home Assistance Case Coordi nator; Dori Mileham, Secretary. . Adrienne J. Rosenberg, MSC, ACSW, has been the Director of Jewish Family Services since August, 1984. She is respon sible for the daily manage ment of the agency, the hiring and su pervising staff, graduate so cial work students, and agency volunteers. She helps develop and implement new programs and policies, coordinates with other agencies and institutions, both Jewish and general; works closely with lay committees, boards, and task forces; plansr and manages the agency’s three budgets (agency, local resettle ment, in-home assistance); car ries an active counseling case load; writes a monthly article for The Charlotte Jewish News; develops public relations for the agency; seeks alternative fund ing, including grant writing; plans and presents seminars and training for individuals and groups. Adrienne serves on the FEMA Board, the Mecklenburg County Drug and Alcohol Commission Rosenberc Religious Subcommittee, the CFIDS Board, is an ex-offlcio member of the Charlotte Jewish Federation Board and is a vol unteer trainer for United Way. She received her masters de gree from Virginia Comn^on- wealth University and has hwen a social worker for over 27 years. She has worked in corrections, the geriatric field, in commuiiity mental health, as a private practioner, and has taught on the college level. Adrienne is the mother of two teenage children, Jennifer, 18, and Brian, 15. Iris E. Madison, MSW, ACSW, clinical social worker, has been em ployed by Jewish Fami ly Services since 1988. She special izes in ir&di- vidual, couple Madison and family therapy and has worked \vith children and adults of all ages with diverse issues. She coordi nates the Jewish Family Life Education programs, which provide community members with opportunities to learn about and discuss life topics such as parenting, communication and conflict resolution skills, grief and loss issues. Iris also has served as a consultant to the Charlotte Jewish Preschool staff and is an active member of the Charlotte Jewish Preschool Board. She provided initial screening a.nd assessment of all Charlotte Jewish Preschool scholarship applicants for Jewish Family Services. Apart from her work with the Jewish community. Iris has served as a consultant for Char ter Pines Hospital in Charlotte. Since 1986, she has worked for Charter Pines Adult and Ado lescent In-patient and Day Treatment programs. Iris also has actively participated in United Family Services Family Counseling Division. She received her MSW from the University of Iowa in Au gust, 1986, and has extensi've NAIURAlffiimT CI99I lulonUnMdrig Our futons are made with layers of only the highest quality cotton. Many physicians and chiropractors agree that futons provide optimal support for the natural curvature of the spine. Isn't it time you experienced natural comfort? 2906 Selwyn Av*nu« • 333-8866 Monday - Friday 10-6 • Sot 10-5 post-graduate training in the clinical arena. She is originally from Boston, is married and is both a mother and step-mother. Laurie Gordon is the Out reach Worker at Jewish Family Services. Monday evenings and Wednesdays, she assists people adjust- ing to life transitions in- Gordon volving medical hospitalization, financial issues and family-life changes. Laurie currently attends the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is pur suing her masters degree in social work, while working part- time at Jewish Family Services. Laurie has a double bachelors degree in sociology and urban studies from the University of Pennsylvania and has been working professionally in Char lotte for nine years. Laurie and Daniel Harris have recently announced their engagement. Sally Schrader was born in Jacksonville, Florida, but has lived in Char lotte over 50 years. She at tended Sullins College and Jacksonville University. Sally is mar- Schrader ried to Robert Schrader and has three children and one grandchild. Two of her children attended the N.C. He brew Academy and she hopes that someday her grandchildren will have the opportunity to attend a Jewish Day School in Charlotte. Sally has been active as a volunteer in the Jewish commu nity for many years, serving on the board of directors of Temple Beth El and Beth El V’Shalom (president 3 years), Charlotte Jewish Federation, Charlotte Chapter B’nai B’rith Women, Charlotte Chapter Hadassah, Charlotte Jewish Foundation, N.C. Hebrew Academy at Char lotte, Blumenthal Home for the Aged, and the Mid-Atlantic Region of UAHC. From 1974 to 1984, she was the volunteer coordinator for the resettlement of Soviet Jews in Charlotte in conjunction with the Charlotte Chapter of B’nai B’rith Women and B’nai B’rith Men’s Lodge and the Charlotte Jewish Federation. During this time, 18 families emigrated to Charlotte. For the past year, Sally has been the Soviet Resettlement Coordinator for Jewish Family Horton Services. Nine families emigrat ed to Charlotte during 1990, and 10 to 12 families are expected to arrive in 1991. In addition to helping with the resettlement of families sponsored by the Jewish community and the future em igration of their families still in the USSR, Sally also assists many other Soviet refugees both Jewish and non-Jewish. She is contacted daily by other Jewish and non-Jewish agencies both in Charlotte and around the U.S. Susanna Horton is the new Program Coordinator for the In- Home Assist ance program that Jewish Family Servi ces has recent ly begun. She is coordinat ing a frail el derly program that is geared to prevent prema ture institutionalization through assessment of the elderly per son’s needs, appropriate com munity referrals and the invol vement of homemaker/ compan-' ions. This service is provided to all elderly persons in the Char lotte area on a sliding fee scale. A love for the elderly and a knack for working with older people led Susanna out of the field of education and into the field of gerontology. Her B.A. in Gerontology/Administration from High Point College provid ed Susanna with a broad study of the physical, mental, spiritual, economic and social needs of America’s fastest growing pop ulation age group along with the business administration skills to implement programs for them. Susianna has put these skills to use in nursing homes, volun teer work, the home health industry and currently here at JFS. The In-Home Assistance program has allowed her to put to use everything that she has learned in a format that benefits Charlotte’s elderly and puts her in a position of constantly learning more. When at home, Susanna and her husband, Scott, enjoy living their chldhood all over again with their three young daugh ters, ages 316, and 8. Doris Mileham, secretary at Jewish Family Services, has been with the agen- cy since sum mer, 1988. She provides sec retarial sup port for all the JFS staff and programs, in- Mileham eluding the new In-Home Assistance pro gram for the frail elderly and the resettlement of Soviet Jews. Dori enjoys interacting with all who either call or come into the office and hopes that each per son who enters Room 21 at Shalom Park feels welcome and comfortable. Dori has done secretarial work for about 10 years. Before working outside the home, she had always been proud to state her occupation as “Mother,” since, to her, there is no more important work than being a child’s first teacher — in morals, manners, behavior, stimulating their desire to learn, knowing themselves, and to love others. When her last child started school, Dori started part- time at CPCC, first studying the academics for the RN program, then thinking of preparing her self more realistically for her dual occupation as mother and worker. Her husband worked out of town and there were no family members nearby to offer help. She went years part- time at CPCC taking secretarial courses. Dori is married and has a son, 23, and two daughters, 20 and 17. FJL ELECTRIC Service is Our Business Residential • Commercial • Industrial 35 years experience Frank Lutz 588-2258 Our Advertisers Support The CJN Please Patronize Them Yoy Dafllaie Tfe Plaijiie On Yar Del This Beautiful Ded( By YNDiflll»llKildDid[in|CiiBy|. tti. simply Th« Finest. 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