Employee Spotlight Bill Dowling

Join our team and find your passion! This Week’s “Employee Spotlight” features Bill Dowling, Employment Counselor a truly outstanding member of our Community Employment Services team. Bill Dowling, Employment Counselor “What is great about Jawonio, is the tremendous support and encouragement we receive to change and grow. “ Bill Dowling is known as “The Man…

Employee Spotlight Amy Clarke

Join our team and find your passion! Build a career in a supportive culture of caring “Employee Spotlight” with Amy Clarke, MSW, Care Manager Amy Clarke, MSW, Care Manager “It was the people who I had in my life that saw my skill and the love I have to help people that guided me to…

Employee Spotlight Philyss Seidenfeld

Join our team and find your passion! Build a career in a supportive culture of caring “Employee Spotlight” with Philyss Seidenfeld, RN Supervisor Fisher House Philyss Seidenfeld, RN Supervisor Fisher House “When I walked into Fisher, the smiles of my former and present co-workers, and residents were priceless. To this day, it has truly been…

Employee Spotlight Joseph Thomas

Join our team and find your passion! Build a career in a supportive culture of caring “Employee Spotlight” with Joseph Thomas, LPN, Jawonio Joseph Thomas, LPN “I appreciate knowing that every day I am able to make a difference in the lives of the people I care for and support. The opportunities I have had…

Employee Spotlight Dona Pierre

Join our team and find your passion! Build a career in a supportive culture of caring “Employee Spotlight” with Dona Pierre, LPN, Condos Dona Pierre, LPN Growing up in Haiti, for as long as Dona Pierre could remember, she loved numbers and math. At the age of 8, Dona began to learn how things “added…

Employee Spotlight Ellen Cola

Join our team and find your passion! Build a career in a supportive culture of caring “Employee Spotlight” with Ellen Cola, RN Supervisor, Bobbi Lewis House Ellen Cola, RN From a very young age growing up in Haiti, Ellen said, “I was always drawn to going out of my way to make sure people around…

Employee Spotlight Ilene Goldberg

Join our team and find your passion! Build a career in a supportive culture of caring “Employee Spotlight” with Ilene Goldberg  “What I love most about being an OT, is that I love working with people including my colleagues, our children and their families.” What is your educational background? I received my BA at SUNY…

Employee Spotlight Tamara Salmon

EMPLOYEES ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF JAWONIO Join our team and find your passion! Build a career in a supportive culture of caring. We begin our series of “Employee Spotlight” with Tamara Salmon: How long have you been in the field of Human Services? I have been in the human services field for 11…

World Social Work Day

World Social Workers Day 3/21/23 With a 75 year history, Jawonio, a human services organization in New York, is a lifespan services provider for children and adults with special needs. Our mission is dedicated to advancing the independence, well-being and equality of people with disabilities and special needs. Recognized for our holistic and person-centered care, social…

2021 Staff Longevity Awards

2021 Jawonio Staff Longevity Celebration Recipients Congratulations to our staff who celebrated 5 – 35 years of service at Jawonio! 35 YEARS LAURA A. BUONANNO 30 YEARS ISABEL NEWMEYER JEAN J. LUCIEN JUDY L. FLORSHEIM 25 YEARS UGUETTE JOURDAIN GERALDINE JACKSON MARIE L. FLEURISMOND MARIE G. FLEURIMOND STACY BABCOCK 20 YEARS RAYMOND VASQUEZ MARIE VAN…