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JENNY SASSOON, LMSW, CFC
Maale Adumim, Israel
054.331.5781 Jenny@BuildBetterRelationships.com www.BuildBetterRelationships.com
EDUCATION
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, N.Y.
Master of Science, May 2000
Concentration: Advanced Generalist Practice and Programming in Family, Youth and Children’s Services
License
New York State – Licensed Master Social Worker, June 2000 – present
Academy for Family Coach Training, Rio Rancho, N.M.
Certified Family and Teen Coach, July 2008
Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bachelor of Arts, June 1998
Major: Psychology
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key National Honor Society, Scholars Program, Dean’s List
EXPERIENCE
Professional Family – Relationship Coach & Founder, January 2008 – present
Get R.E.A.L.™ Coaching
~ Provide one-on-one customized and group coaching programs to parents, young-adults, and young couples
~ Teach a 4-week workshop to parents on how to empower their children to make healthy life choices
~ Facilitate a 6-week group-coaching program to young adults on how to build healthy relationships
~ Teach a two-hour workshop for parents on how to help prevent child sexual abuse
Camp Mother, Summers 2005 – Summer 2009
Camp Moshava, Indian Orchard, PA
~ Coordinated workshops in various areas of mental health for over 100 teenage campers
~ Provided intensive one-on-one and small group guidance and support to over 40 pre and post-high school young-adult counselors; and to over 120 pre-teen and teenage campers, on a yearly basis
~ Communicate directly and collaborate with parents to help meet both the emotional and
physical needs of each camper
Program Coordinator, September 2005 – July 2008
The Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York – School Emergency Response to Violence & Project Be’ad HaYeled, New York, N.Y.
~ Coordinated a total of 50, nine-hour in-school and 23, six-hour off-site mental health training sessions for school personnel in yeshivot and Jewish day schools located in the five boroughs of New York City
~ Administered and taught over 50 two-hour mandated Child Abuse Identification and Reporting course to professionals in need of certification, including teachers and professionals in yeshivot , day schools, pre-schools and camps
~ Consulted with principals in yeshivot and Jewish day schools regarding suspected incidences of child abuse
~ Attended meetings and received training in family violence prevention and helping at-risk youth in the Jewish community, and more intensive training in sexual abuse prevention
Project Coordinator, July 2002 – July 2003
The Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York – Trauma Response Program, New York, N.Y.
~ Coordinated joint project with the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services to identify students in yeshiva high schools suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to the 9/11 terror attack in the US
~ Coordinated and facilitated meetings with yeshiva high school principals and faculty members
~ Assisted in the development of a screening tool, questionnaires, and trauma-based curriculums for students and school faculty members
~ Attended training workshops and conferences related to trauma
~ Coordinated child abuse conference for teachers and professionals in the Jewish community
Social Worker, February 2001 – July 2002
The Burden Center for the Aging – East Side Elder Abuse Prevention Project, New York, N.Y.
~ Provided counseling, case management, and concrete services to older adult victims of abuse
~ Served as a liaison to the five partner agencies of the project
~ Designed, coordinated, and carried out elder abuse presentations to professionals, para-professionals, and consumers
~ Initiated, planned, and carried out elder abuse community outreach programs
~ Created documents to help facilitate the reporting and recording of elder abuse
Program Director, September 2000 – February 2001
National Jewish Council for the Disabled – Yachad, New York, N.Y.
~ Coordinated, planned, and directed monthly community weekend retreats for adults with developmental disabilities
~ Supervised and directed volunteer staff of thirty
~ Facilitated psycho-educational social skills group for adults with developmental disabilities
~ Coordinated and planned holiday and community learning and cultural events for program members
Social Work Intern, September 1999 – June 2000
Association to Benefit Children – Rosie and Harry’s Place, New York, N.Y.
~ Coordinated and ran after-school program for 25 children living in a homeless shelter in East Harlem
~ Created a full-school-year curriculum for the after-school program
~ Facilitated a weekly group session for teen girls living in a homeless shelter, which included discussions about at-risk behavior
~ Provided counseling to families living in the homeless shelter
Social Work Intern, September 1998 – June 1999
Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services – Coney Island CSS, Brooklyn, N.Y.
~ Provided one-on-one counseling to adults with mental illness
~ Facilitated a weekly group for ten adults with mental illness
COMMUNITY SERVICE & AFFILIATIONS
Volunteer, My Sister’s Place, an agency that serves battered women and their families, 2002 – 2003
Volunteer for Department of Social Services, andMavoi Satum, an agency that assists victims of domestic violence, Jerusalem, Israel, summer 2000
Advisor for the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY), 1999 – 2001
Volunteer for Alzheimer’s Respite Program at the King’s Bay YM-YWHA, summer 1998
LANGUAGES
English, Hebrew, Hungarian
