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“Ask VNSNY” Thanksgiving Special: Thank you, VNSNY Partners in Care Home Health Aides!
November 23, 2021–As host Amery Moultry notes in this special Thanksgiving edition of “Ask VNSNY,” for New Yorkers whose health keeps them homebound or living at home, it’s often a VNSNY Partners in Care Home Health Aide who brings the spirit of warmth and Thanksgiving home on this special day. In this special video, VNSNY and Partners in Care colleagues offer a big thank you to our Home Health Aides! To view the video, click below.
BronxNet Features VNSNY Partners in Care for Family Caregivers Month
November 17, 2021–
Meet Our 2021 ESPRIT Winners!
November 16, 2021–
Want to feel really proud? Watch this Partners in Care home health aide video that everyone is talking about!
November 1, 2021–Last Thursday evening, October 28th, VNSNY Partners in Care held its annual Service Awards program. This virtual event celebrated over 800 Partners in Care staff members. One of the night’s highlights was an inspiring video spotlighting 13 Partners in Care home health aides and their passion for the important work they do.
Catch the October Edition of “30 Minutes with Dan”— Our 10th Episode!
October 26, 2021–Fall is here, and so is our 10th installment of “30 Minutes with Dan”! In this episode, President and CEO Dan Savitt travels the city to chat with staff about what it takes to create an exceptional employee experience. You’ll hear engaging discussion with employees from throughout the organization, including VP of Strategy, Performance and Innovation Brent Flack-Davison, Partners in Care Customer Service Coach Alexandra Duma, and Education Manager Nanette Hernandez. You’ll also get to know two new faces to VNSNY, as EVP and Chief People Officer Tracy Dodd and Director and HR Business Partner Sandra-Smith Edwards along with Andrew Wise, VP of Talent Management and Organizational Development, all sit down for an HR roundtable with Dan. Click below to watch the latest episode! And here’s the “On the Go!” version of “30 Minutes with Dan.” We’ve broken out the October episode into short segments so you can watch it
Watch this video of our VNSNY Impact Challenge final round, where everyone is a winner!
October 15, 2021–34 proposals, 10 weeks, 8 teams, 5 final presentations…here it is – the final round! Now you can relive the experience the five finalist VNSNY Impact Challenge teams had when they went before a panel of esteemed experts to present their proposals addressing health disparities. Watch your colleagues present with flair and then take tough questions from the expert panel that included President and CEO Dan Savitt and special “mystery guest” panelist, Marki Flannery. Watch the drama and excitement of the day by clicking here below.
Manhattan Voice features Jane Sadowsky-Emmerth on caring for family with Dementia or Alzheimer’s
October 6, 2021–
Partners in Care Home Health Aides Get Their Own Online Resource Center
October 1, 2021–The 6,500 home health aides at Partners in Care now have an exciting, new and improved dedicated online Partners in Care HHA Resource Center. HHAs can get to our new online center from any smartphone, tablet or computer. Here, you will find recordings of CEO Dan Savitt’s weekly conference calls, the latest updates on COVID-19 including vaccinations, information on mobile phone resources, tips for caring for patients, and so much more. This new center can still be accessed from the Frontline website by clicking on the blue Partners in Care HHA Resources button at the top of the Frontline page. Other items posted on the Partners in Care HHA Resource Center include: A convenient list of every HHA Supervisor at Partners in Care and their phone numbers Access to the PPE order form Dates, times and phone numbers for upcoming HHA support calls Tips and information on how to use
Please Welcome Sandra Smith-Edwards as the New HR Business Partner for Partners in Care
September 28, 2021–Dear Colleagues, Please join us in welcoming Sandra Smith-Edwards to VNSNY as the new HR Business Partner for Partners in Care. Sandra comes to VNSNY with over 20 years of progressive HR experience working in telecommunication, software technology, learning and development, consulting and retail organizations. For most of her career she has had the opportunity to translate her experience to bring value to learning and development, coaching, employee engagement, diversity and inclusion and organizational development (OD). As a former owner of a New Jersey Certified Minority Women Business (MWBE), Sandra provided learning and development and consulting services to over 700 unemployed and underemployed community residents, which included career coaching, job preparation, diversity training, conflict resolution, development of life skills, access to not-for-profit assistance and pre-apprentice training. Additionally, Sandra consulted with small and large businesses to bring HR strategies, diversity training, leadership coaching and organization effectiveness through her creativity and appreciative