Welcome!

Welcome to out two new Detox staff, Jess Leak and Tiffany Davis.

Annual Training and CPR/First Aid

There have been a couple of changes to the Annual Training and CPR/First Aid training schedule. The new schedule is:

Saturday, August 18 CPR/First Aid, 10am-12pm
Thursday, August 23 Annual Training, 9am-1pm
Friday, September 7 CPR/First Aid, 9:30am-12pm (At Wash. Cty Learning Library Resource Center)
Tuesday, September 11 CPR/First Aid, 5pm-7pm
Saturday, September 29 Annual Training, 10am-2pm

Note that the last training has been moved to September 29, and that there is a new CPR/First Aid training available.If you plan on attending this training, you need to let me know in advance; you will not be able to attend if you just show up.

You will receive notice if you still need to sign up for a training before the end of September. Please let me know as soon as possible, and at least two days before, about what trainings you will attend.

If you are attending this Saturday's CPR/First Aid training (8/18), please let me know no later than the end of the day Thursday.

Thanks, Andrew

Employee of the Month

Anna Byberg, Detox Counselor, is the Employee of the Month. Anna began working at Detox in February, 2005. Anna brings a positive attitude to work and does what is needed to get the job done. Besides helping alcoholics and addicts, she can also be found working in the yard, or directing others to work in the yard - another passion she brings with her. Anna is a team player, when her collegues request time off, she is quite often willing to change her schedule. Recently, Anna accepted the challenge to facilitate a group at Outpatient and loves it! Keep up the great work, Anna!

Volunteer of the Month

Paul Baetz has been nominated "volunteer of the month." Since January, 2007, Paul has volunteered his services at Detox, cleaning the entire house 1x/week! Detox staff and clients really appreciate his services - we can count on coming into a clean house every Monday morning - thank you, Paul!

Training reminders

Two upcoming trainings:

• This Friday (8/17/07) from 9am to noon in the Barn, I'll do our 3rd installment of Counseling 101. Please let me know if you plan to attend.
• Next Wednesday (8/22/07) Jim will present Addiction 101 from 1pm to 4pm in the Barn. I'd like as many staff as possible to attend. This is our first presentation in collaboration with Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw and the Delonis Center. The event is approved for Social Work licensure CE credit and CAC credit. Please come and meet your colleagues from CSS and the Delonis Center. I get something new from it every time I hear it.

State Conference

The 8th Annual Michigan Substance Abuse Conference is about a month away. We can send another two employees. If you would like to go, let me know within the next day or two. I'll make a decision on Thursday about who we'll send.

Detox Counselor - evening shift

Detox Counselor - Part-time position
Thursday, Friday, and Sunday evenings - 4-12 a.m.

Must be compassionate, eager to learn and dependable. Basic computer skills are desired. Please fax resume to: 734.669.0728 or e-mail Brenda at: jobs@dawnfarm.org

Deto

Outpatient group facilitator opening

Outpatient is in search of a therapist to run our Wednesday night Discovery group. The group is from 5:15 - 7:00. We have a curriculum that is used as a basis for each session. If you have a CAC, Bachelor's or Master's degree, with appropriate experience. we would love to hear from you. If you interested or would like more information, please e-mail or call me (either at OP or my cell).

Debbie Snyder
Outpatient Program Coordinator

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WCHO site visit

Our annual WCHO site visit was this past Wednesday and Thursday and I'm told it went very smoothly. Bev and Andrew did a great job preparing.

There was a time when we'd scramble to prepare casefiles for these site visits. There has been none of that the last several years. I'm proud that our work is consistently of high quality and routinely impresses surveyors.

Thanks for your great work!

Psych Fellows

I thought all of you would like to know that it looks like our residential treatment sites may become a rotation site for U-M addiction psychiatry fellows. Jim, Dr. Christensen, Dr. Gibbons and I met with their staff and agreed that it would be mutually beneficial.

The proposal will work its way through U-M in the coming months. We'll keep you posted.