Category: Organizational activities

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Seminars For Team Leaderes And Social Workers

This week, two seminars were held for team leaders and social workers of all Afterschool Centers we operate across the country. The seminars dealt with the concept of an important aspect of Sociotherapy theory, a theory that accompanies and guides our work in clubs: The person on duty. Study included analysis of an article called “Internal drama of accepting an official position in the organization,” by Yossi Trist, and the experience of team leaders and social workers in experiential learning. The seminars were very significant and we believe that they made a great contribution to the ongoing work in clubs. Learning and professionalism of the staff is an important value for us according to the belief and understanding that the more we invest in it,the better we will end up not only with our employees but also with clients.

Shahar Afterschool Center Is Re-Opened

As well, after several months that the Shahar Center for children with behavioral difficulties in Ramle, was closed for reasons beyond our control, it is re-opened this week. The children were waiting for and looking forward this badly. They wanted to return to their normal activities. They were greating the team and new staff members with great joy. The first week of activities was dedicated by staff to getting to know each other and the rules of the Center. In addition the kids enjoyed from the yoga class we started this year, which is taught by a professional teacher. We are happy that joy and excitement are high, and we wish much success to the children and staff

Seminar On Puppetry In Jerusalem

As a part of personnel training program, at regular intervals throughout the year there are being held various enrichment courses and seminars. These seminars cover issues relevant to our work with children and their families, as we strive to professionalize it and to give our staff the greatest variety of tools to help them cope with the challenges they face working in our Centers. During the last month we’ve offered our team in Jerusalem to take a part in a course on puppetry. Our counsellors had learned and experienced working with puppets and received an additional and very creative tool with which they can conduct a therapeutic dialog with the children.

El Al Volunteers Are Back

In our work we’ve created relationships with many volunteers, some individuals and some come as a pert of organizations. During the previous year we’ve created a strong partnership with a team of El Al employees, who have visited a number of times during the year at our Afterschool Center in Ramle, bringing along lots of accessories for various activities and especially a lot of positive attitude and a desire to give. At the end of the year, the children were invited to visit the company’s main site at Ben Gurion Airport. We were pleased when during this Chanukah, our contact with the team was renewed and they came back and took a part in center’s work.

Art project together with the Bat Yam Museum

The children of the Yahav and Hayovel Afterschool Centers, the two Centers we run in Bat Yam, have begun taking part in an art project in cooperation with the Bat Yam Museum. The project brings the children to the Museum once a week, and for an hour and a half they learn about various art-related topics and create artwork on the subject they learned about. At the end of the project, a serious exhibition will take place at the Museum, where the children will present their work to their families and the broad public.

Team Training in Kiryat Bialik

In “Yeda” school in Kiryat Bialik, where we consult and support counselling team by training staff at the school, we’ve offered a Seminar on sharpening their main task as counsellors at school, focusing on difficulties that tend to arise and various productive ways to deal with them.

The opening of Bar’am Afterschool  Center, an Afterschool Center for the Arab society in Ramle

Following quite a few bureaucratic difficulties, we are happy to have re-opened the Bar’am Afterschool Center. This is the fifth year the Center has been operating in the city, and it seems to be very important to the families and children. The first parent-child meeting this year took place recently. During the activity, each family prepared a sign for their home. The activity was very successful. The children and parents were excited to create together, and the atmosphere was excellent. After the activity, each family took the sign home. This Afterschool Center, like the others, emphasize work with children and parents together, based on the professional approach of working with a child in the context of the family.

Nous sommes avec vous!

Jérusalem, le 17 novembre 2015

Chers amis,

Les familles de Yad Rachel, la direction et moi-même, tenons à vous faire savoir que nous sommes dans la peine et que nos pensées sont avec vous, en ces jours difficiles.

Il est important que vous sachiez que nous sommes solidaires du peuple français, dans cette terrible épreuve. Il n’y a pas de mots devant tant de barbarie.

Malheureusement, nous, Israéliens, connaissons que trop bien la terreur, mais la vie doit reprendre ces droits. Ne laissons pas la violence prendre le pas.

Nous espérons que vous allez bien et qu’il nous sera possible de nous rencontrer dans des moments plus faciles.

Je vous prie de recevoir, chers amis et partenaires, l’expression de ma plus profonde sympathie,

 

                                                                                                Sara Weil-Mann

                                                                                                Directrice

Introduction encounter between the personnel of Afterschool and Parent-Child Centers in Bat Yam

In the city of Bat Yam, we run two Afterschool Centers for children with behavioral difficulties, as well as a Parent-Child Center for families with very young children (Paths to Parenthood). This month, an introductory encounter took place between the teams of both frameworks. Each team presented the work of its framework, which led to a joint learning experience. We are expecting collaboration between the different units we are keeping in the city, for the benefit of the families and children. This collaboration is the added value of Yad Rachel’s work in the different projects.