WJCS Fall 2024 Job Fair
WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NYCLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR JOB OPENINGS! For more information, contact [email protected]; 914.761.0600 x2171. WJCS helps people of all ages and backgrounds meet life’s challenges and achieve personal success. Our non-profit agency, founded in 1943, is the largest provider of licensed, community-based mental health services in Westchester County.
WJCS Fall 2024 Job Fair
WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NYExplore rewarding opportunities at Westchester Jewish Community Services!
Mental Health First Aid Training for Veterans, Military Service Members & Their Families
ZoomLooking to learn more about how to support the wellbeing of military service members and veterans in your life? In partnership with SAMHSA, The City of Mount Vernon, VA Caregiver Support, and Mental Health First Aid USA, WJCS offers this FREE Mental Health First Aid Training.
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Edythe Kurz Educational Institute Conference 2024
ZoomMental Health in Older Adults Unique Needs, Evolving Approaches
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Motivational Interviewing Level 1
ZoomThis workshop introduces participants to the research base, foundational spirit and basic strategies of Motivational Interviewing (MI). Motivational Interviewing is one of the most heavily researched interventions in the fields of addiction, behavioral health, and medicine.
Organizational Skills Training 2024
ZoomParticipants will learn about the essential components of OST and how to use the published treatment manual to address their clients’ organizational difficulties.
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Motivational Interviewing Level 2
This workshop is designed for persons who have completed an introductory training and have begun to utilize the Motivational Interviewing model in their practice. This training will help participants to further develop MI skills and strategies beyond the basics in a supportive and challenging environment.
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Cocaine and Other Stimulants: What Clinicians Need to Know
ZoomThis training will provide an overview of these various substances comprising this category of drugs, their intoxication and withdrawal symptoms, and co-occurring mental health and physical health concerns. Participants will also gain an understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stimulant use, the clinical presentation of stimulant use disorders, and effective evidence-based treatment approaches to address stimulant use disorders.
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Jewish Mindfulness Meditation
ZoomJoin our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email [email protected].
Mental Health First Aid Training (WJCS Staff Only)
WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NYMental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving understanding and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder. This training for WJCS staff will teach learners how to be a support to colleagues who may be struggling.
Protective Factors and Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood
ZoomThis training will seek to inform participants about the major findings of the ACES study, the theoretical foundations for the Protective Factors Framework, and each of the five protective factors. This course will further address practical strategies to integrate the Protective Factors Framework approach into existing practices, as well as the use of a screening tool known as the Protective Factors Index, or PFI.
Theories & Practices to Support Clinicians Working with Grieving Clients
ZoomThe current course aims to provide clinicians with a grounding in psychoeducation and theory behind grief responses in order to increase clinician confidence in working with clients who are experiencing bereavement. Additionally, this course will provide clinicians with examples of and hands-on practice with activities they can use in session to help support clients on their journey through grief and healing. At the close of each day of the course, space will be provided for clinicians to process their thoughts and feelings related to working with grieving clients in an effort to normalize conversation about death and dying and dispel some of the discomfort or concern about supporting grieving clients.
Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)
ZoomThis course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.
Client Alliance, Compliance & Therapist Burn Out
ZoomMental health professionals, perhaps now more than ever, are susceptible to stress and burn out directly related to their job responsibilities. Part of this comes from defining our professional selves based on what we are told our roles should be and what we should be able to accomplish rather than a realistic appraisal of situations and settings.
Complicated Relationships: Case Studies in Boundaries (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)
ZoomThis course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.
Trauma Treatment Across the Lifespan
Clinicians are likely to encounter survivors of trauma in their practice. In addition to clients who meet criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders from single traumatic events, survivors of complex and early developmental attachment trauma may also present more complex clinical pictures.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi)
ZoomIn this course, participants will be introduced to the rationale for CBTi, learn the tools involved in implementing it, and become familiar with how to manage common comorbidities and challenges in implementation.