GSCH Employee Newsletter - August/September

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Employee Newsletter | Aug/Sept 2021

IN THIS ISSUE

THIS ISSUE ONLY

Meet the Family Center Team

Trauma Informed Care

Staff Portal for all your questions

IN EVERY ISSUE

New Employees

Mark Your Calendar

Current Job Openings

Pass it On (Referrals)

In the News

Welcome, New Employees

We welcome our latest group of new hires to the Greater Seacoast Community Health family. Take some time to see who you might run into and remember to introduce yourself and welcome your new teammates.

Nneka Adichie

Resident Physician

@ Goodwin

Madison Adley

Dental Receptionist

@ Goodwin

Bashaer Alkhattabi

Data Analyst/Report Writer

@ Goodwin

Ala'a Alrafati

Resident Physician @

Goodwin

Kathryn Boileau

Patient Service Navigator @ Goodwin

Chris Briley

HR Recruiter

Alix Campbell

Community Care Coordinator @ SOS

Gwen Chabot

Behavioral Health Specialist

@ Families First

Jacob Ehlers Uber

Resident Physician

@ Goodwin

Sarah Ferriter

Primary Care Nurse

@ Goodwin

Kelsey Gosselin

Primary Care Nurse

@ Goodwin

Emily Langille

Recovery Support Coordinator

@ SOS

Nicole Lavalley

Dental Receptionist

@ Families First

Allison Mackey

Dental Sterilization Technician

@ Goodwin

Christine Madere

Primary Care Medical Assistant

@ Goodwin

Michelle Marquis

Risk Manager

Carrie Martin

Prenatal Nurse

@ Goodwin

Alexis Morales

COVID Screener

@ Goodwin

Caylin Morgan

Pharmacy Technician

@ Goodwin

Kimberly Nute

Community Care Coordinator

@ SOS

Eric Ouellette

Resident Physician

@ Goodwin

Korin Shepherd

HR Specialist

Tessa Smith

Call Center

@ Families First

Debra Verdicchio

Home Visitor

@ Families First

Tamara Whalen

Community Care Manager

@ SOS

Trauma Informed Care

The Trauma-Informed Committee would like to thank all staff in participating in the ARTIC survey and our all-staff training. In an effort to continue building a workplace culture based upon trauma-informed care, the committee will continue to provide you with ongoing training and resources. They believe these resources will reinforce this culture, and help enrich our relationships with each other and our patients. As we begin to learn how to communicate in this new way, we will begin our training with a Stigma-Free Trauma-Informed Language guide created by the committee. This is by no means exhaustive. As an agency, we must take care to word our notes and communicate to our peers from a trauma-informed lens because language shapes perceptions and words have power. You can find this link (and other useful links) on the Staff Portal under the "Resources" section.

Our ARTIC Survey Results

Shortcuts to What You Need

Rather than hunting all over the N drive or wandering all over the office looking for the info you need or the person who can help you with something, check out the new Staff Portal. Click the icon on your desktop to find links to all kinds of useful info in one place, organized in categories like Calendar, About Us, QI and Risk Management, Communications, HR, Benefits, Payroll, Employee Info, Computers, Phones, Appreciating Each Other, Employee Health, Did You Know, Where to Find It, Platforms, How-To, Facilities and Safety, Supplies and Equipment and Resources. More info is coming – this is just a start. Take a moment to scroll through all 5 pages so you will know what info you can find when you need it. If you have suggestions for making this portal more useful, please contact Margie Wachtel.

Also, the Staff Shout-Out link on your desktop now takes you to your choice of Star Cards or Employee of the Month nominations, making it easier than ever to show your coworkers how much you appreciate them.

Meet the Family Center Team

and play the Fun Facts game

Each month, we feature a different department in the newsletter. This month, meet the Family Center team and see if you can guess which fun facts go with which person.

But first: Family Center Manager Jo Ann Clement wishes that everyone realized what a diverse group of individuals attend our programs and that we welcome all families. Our programs include:

Home visiting – we will go to the family’s home to identify needs, help them access services, and offer strategies to reduce stress and improve family life.
We work with the family to identify needs, help them access services, and offer strategies to reduce stress and improve family life. Visits can be done in the home, in the community, at Families First or Goodwin.
Family programs and playgroups, this summer including evening hikes and swimming at the YMCA
Parenting classes - hosted by experts in the field, help to give parents and caregivers the tools they need to be the best they can be.

All of our programs are free; many provide free childcare as well. ***We are currently not offering child care.

For more information, https://www.familiesfirstseacoast.org/family-programs/

Patrice Baker, Parent Education Manager.

Parkie Boley, Child and Family Program Coordinator. Based at Families First.

Jo Ann Clement, Family Center Manager. Based at Families First.

Kristin Corbin, Home Visitor

Based at Families First.

Jess Garlough, Director of Family and Social Services. Based at Goodwin.

Debra Verdicchio, Home Visitor.

Based at Families First.

Beth Searle-Spratt, Home Visitor

Based at Families First.

Fun Facts about Family Center Team Members

Guess who said what, then scroll down to see if you are right!

a. I hold a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice and hoped to one day work at Sing Sing Prison (where I interviewed but didn’t get the job!)

b. I rode my bike over 7,000 miles last year (my all time high) and I have 4 fantastic grandchildren!

c. I'm originally from the Bronx and I have two grandbabies.

d.I like travel, walking the beach and reading.

e. I live in Kensington with my husband and my adorable black labradoodle, Pearl. I love yoga and I transformed my daughter’s childhood bedroom into a beautiful yoga studio (and guest room). I also love the beach, reading, cooking Italian food, and traveling to DC and NYC to visit my kids.

f. I grew up in New Jersey-I am a Jersey girl!, I practice yoga and pilates regularly and enjoy cooking, karaoke and am a dog lover.

g. I love growing things in my vegetable garden and am starting to try hydroponics this year.

Mark Your Calendar

To show our staff how much we appreciate their hard work, GSCH will host two Staff Appreciation BBQs

Wednesday, August 11, 11:30-1:30 in Somersworth
Thursday, August 12, 11:30-1:30 in Portsmouth

Current Job Openings

New Jobs for You and Your Friends

The button below links to current open positions at GSCH. (You can also always find this link on both Families First and Goodwin websites.) Take a look and see if any are right for you or someone you know. There are referral benefits in many cases! Right now we have openings for a mobile healthcare nurse, behavioral health specialist and more.

Job Postings

Pass It On

Please Refer Your Clients to These Greater Seacoast Programs

Executive Skills Functioning Class

Tuesday, August 24, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Online | Free

Back to School season is here!

As we look ahead to a new school year we are excited to welcome school psychologist Dr. Peg Dawson, E.D., to talk to us about executive skills — what they are and why they are so important for our kids.

Children need “executive skills” — such as sustained attention, working memory, planning, organization, and goal-directed persistence — to succeed in school and, more importantly, to get things done in their lives. Some kids seem to acquire these brain-based skills naturally, but many struggle with them. Dr. Dawson, the co-author of the books Smart but Scattered and Smart but Scattered Teens, will describe how these skills develop throughout childhood and suggest strategies parents can use to help children acquire the critical skills they need to be successful.

This event is virtual and a ZOOM link will be emailed to all participants a few days prior to the event. Please contact Patrice Baker if you have any questions.