I’m pleased to announce that we have selected Brenda Carney as our new Assistant Director of Service Coordination at Hannan, and she has accepted in writing!
Brenda will be starting on Monday, July 23rd, and will be joining us for our 9am Hannan staff meeting (non-SC staff).
On Tuesday, July 24th, the PVM SCs are invited to a PVM SC meet and greet with Brenda, Rachel and Cheryl at 9am. This will serve as a SC meeting too. Amy Smyth has invited Brenda and I to attend the PVM SC meeting hosted by John at Holly on Thursday, July 26th, 10am-12noon.
CSI SCs, you’ll have two opportunities to meet Brenda during her first week. On Wednesday, July 25th, Hannan will be hosting the Detroit Hoarding and Cluttering Task Force meeting from 2-4:30pm. We are inviting Detroit-area Service Coordinators to participate in the AASC Webinar on hoarding in the Gallery. You are all invited (PVM SCs too). This is an optional workshop, so please confirm one way or the other. I’ll send out a separate e-invitation on this. Additionally, Brenda will participate on our CSI SC Conference Call. Please note that I will need to shift the conference call that week from Thursday, July 26th, to Tuesday, July 24th, 12noon-1pm. I’m sorry for the inconvenience.
Brenda has spent her full career in geriatric social work, primarily in LTC and mental health, but with a keen focus on aging in community. She is also an adjunct instructor of social work at Marygrove. Moreover, she is very nice and a team player. We look forward to working with her.
There will be a transition as Brenda comes on board, with the goal of her becoming the direct supervisor for the Hannan SCs working in PVM Villages. She’ll also be our liaison to the Hannan/PVM Strategic Alliance. Brenda will be cross trained with the CSI SC program, because she and I will be supportive to both programs and work together so that the programs can continue to learn from each other and collaborate to the greatest extenet possible.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Rachel