Celebrate Social Work Month

The month of March is a special time for our social work department. March is National Social Work Month as recognized by the profession’s leading organization the National Social Work Association.

 

Each year, the profession takes the month to reflect upon the continued efforts in advocacy, connection and positive contributions of the profession for the good of the nation. For 2025 the NASW has chosen the theme of Compassion + Action. This theme was chosen to highlight the ongoing efforts of social workers to continue to connect with the communities that they serve. The NASW has also chosen to emphasize the importance of professional self care and growth of skill sets across the profession. Our team is proud to reflect these values across all of the services provided to our patients, including therapy and psychosocial assessments. 

 

In order to meet the needs of our patients, NYCBS social work staff continues to pursue ongoing education to facilitate expansion of diverse skill sets and creation of patient center programming to meet identified needs. We are proud to celebrate our social workers, Alyza Conway, LCSW and Randi Padover, LCSW-R, on completing their Oncology Social Work certifications this past year. Randi Padover also completed her Veterinary Social Work certification and was an invited speaker at the International Veterinary Meeting and Expo 2025 veterinary conference to speak about mental wellness for animal care workers. We also take tremendous pride in the work of the Women’s Support Group, facilitated by Laura Germaine, LCSW and Alyza Conway, LCSW. Alyza is also going through the process of being trained in EMDR. Our social work team, through their individual therapy services and assessments and linkages to needs, throughout all our offices, continue to connect, support and provide compassionate care to our patients and their families.