Charles Codner
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Conscientious professional with extensive experience advocating for social and economic well-being of individuals and families. Skilled at providing guidance, support and assistance. Strong communication and management skills and committed to inspiring community service.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Social Work Manager
PIH-Good Samaritan Hospital
11.2021 - Current
- Supervised 20 Clinical Social Worker’s, 7 Discharge Planners and 1 Substance Use Navigator.
- Assess patient with mental health crisis for 5150 hold and collaborate with interdisciplinary team for inpatient or voluntary psychiatric hospitalization.
- Conducted performance evaluations for social work staff members, identifying areas of strength as well as opportunities for growth and improvement.
- Facilitate all discharge planning to Skilled Nursing Facilities, Home Health, Recuperative Care, Board & Care, LTAC and Subacute placement.
- Championed continuous improvement efforts within the organization, encouraging staff members to identify opportunities for positive change in service delivery processes.
- Streamlined documentation processes, reducing paperwork burden for staff while maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Developed partnerships with local organizations to offer additional resources and services to clients, expanding the scope of support provided.
- Advocated for clients'' needs by participating in policy discussions at local, state, and national levels, influencing change within the social work field.
- Implemented evidence-based interventions to address clients'' unique challenges and promote well-being across diverse populations served.
- Served as an accessible and knowledgeable resource for staff members, addressing questions and concerns related to client care or organizational policies.
- Improved staff retention rates by fostering a supportive work environment that encouraged collaboration and ongoing learning opportunities.
- Evaluated program effectiveness using data-driven approaches, leading to improved service delivery outcomes.
- Coordinated crisis response efforts during emergency situations, ensuring timely support for individuals affected by natural disasters or other traumatic events.
- Enhanced client satisfaction by implementing effective case management strategies and streamlining service delivery.
- Secured funding for our mental health and substance use program in Los Angeles amongst the homeless population.
- Provided ongoing training opportunities for staff members on relevant topics such as cultural competence and trauma-informed care practices, CBT, TF-CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing and facilitate group therapy.
- Provide clinical supervision to new social workers, providing guidance on best practices and professional development opportunities.
- Managed budgets responsibly, allocating funds effectively to maximize program impact while minimizing costs where possible.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans for patients, ensuring optimal support.
- Referred patients to appropriate medical services, community agencies and organizations to meet treatment needs.
- Assessed community needs and identified resources for social and community service programs.
- Coordinated with community stakeholders for successful implementation of social and community service initiatives.
- Advocated for social and community service programs to increase awareness and funding.
- Provide monthly staff meeting and training on therapeutic modalities (brief therapy, motivational interviewing, CBT, DBT and lead substance use groups).
- Attend multidisciplinary team meeting to review and discuss patients needs prior to discharge.
- Working with homeless patients to provide a safe discharge placement and connecting them to resources in the community.
- Sits on the ethics committee to review, discuss and make decision for unrepresented patients.
- Review palliative and hospice case with patients and family and discuss appropriate steps with the multidisciplinary team.
Outpatient Clinician
Cartwheel Cares
03.2024 - Current
- Provide individual outpatient therapy and group therapy.
- Provide mental health assessments and skills-based teletherapy, to elementary, middle and high school students in Cartwheel’s partner school districts (typically 2-4 months per student with possible extension up to 6 months).
- Collaborate closely with referring school counselors and other relevant providers at start of treatment and over the course of a student’s care journey (including through regular phone calls, emails, and virtual meetings).
- Build trusted relationships with school staff and families to support a student’s mental health needs, school engagement and engagement with school-based services, as applicable.
- Provide regular psychoeducation and support to parents and caregivers to enhance a student’s mental health needs and individual therapy work.
- Collaborate with Cartwheel MDs/NPs on treatment planning, care delivery and transition planning over a student’s care journey.
- Partner with the External Referrals team to support the identification of referrals to community mental health and primary care providers.
- Have the opportunity to participate in case consultations and discussions with other Cartwheel team members.
- Help to further build Cartwheel’s clinical programming and wonderful Care Team.
Clinical Social Worker
Massachusetts General Hospital
07.2021 - 08.2022
- Provide clinical assessment, formulate diagnostic impressions, and develop an individualized care plan, crisis intervention, advocacy, referral, and psychoeducation
- Served culturally diverse patients and their families on issues of terminal illness, severe mental illness, sudden death, sexual assault, or abuse, in all areas of the hospital including general medicine, emergency room, NICU, ICU, Pediatric, CCU, and inpatient/outpatient transplant center
- Collaborate with the psychiatry team to address and support patients with a mental health diagnosis
- Provide case management service and make referrals to assisted living facilities and community agencies
- Provide trauma-informed care to patients and their families through patient’s hospitalization
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team, and primary care team, and provide care coordination for patient discharge
- Provide psychoeducation, and individual, group, and family therapy to address patient needs
- Attend daily rounds with the multidisciplinary team and debrief on patients' progress or needs through their hospitalization
- Co-facilitate transplant psychoeducation group therapy
- Connect patients to community resources as appropriate and provide follow-up care
- Complete transplant evaluation and psychoeducation at the outpatient/inpatient transplant clinic
- Document timely and accurately in patients’ medical records and communicate with the multidisciplinary team
- Attend selection & committee review meetings for the pre-and post-transplant recipient
- Attend weekly supervision and group supervision
- Serve on the BIPOC team/MGH Antiracism working group.
Emergency Room Department
Boston Medical Center
07.2021 - 08.2022
- Complete rapid evaluation throughout the emergency department on all trauma, gunshot wounds, and assault victims
- Screen patients for protective concerns and file a protective case with DCYF and Elderly Service as needed
- Work with patients with substance use issues and make a referral for services
- Provide psychoeducation, and psychotherapy to address the patient's immediate psychosocial needs
- Make referrals for housing, shelter, refugee/immigrant clinic
- Work with the multidisciplinary team to assess patient needs and plan for safe discharge
- Work with family on the end of life/death of the patient and provide grief therapy.
Social Work Intern
Massachusetts General Hospital
08.2020 - 05.2021
- Completes transplant biopsychosocial evaluation
- Communicate with the interdisciplinary team, and primary care team, and provide care coordination
- Provide psychoeducation, motivational interviews, and brief therapy to address the patient's immediate psychosocial needs
- Collaborate with collateral contacts to provide mental health support and care coordination while the patient is hospitalized
- Provide case management and follow-up care as needed
- Attend selection and committee review and present patient cases to the multidisciplinary team
- Meet with the patient at the bedside for individual therapy while hospitalized.
Community Director
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
- Provide senior management leadership and oversight to the group home division for community based group homes
- Collaborate with the Department of Children & Families, Department of Mental Health, and Department of Developmental Disabilities, to assess needs and services for individuals placed in the state of Massachusetts care
- Oversight of clinical integration and service delivery in the homes
- Fiscal oversight for the group home division
- Including monthly spending, revenue and the expansion of services in the community
- Provides supervision to Program Directors, Case Manager, and Direct Care Professionals
- Attends weekly Interdisciplinary meetings with senior management at the regional and national offices
- Facilitate licensing and re-licensing and inspections of all group homes biannually and annually
- Review and track all incident reports and provide feedback or recommendations as appropriate
- Attend senior leadership meeting, present data on program operation and strategic plan
- Develop policies and procedure for delivery of care for the organization.
Program Director
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
- Develop and implement programmatic activities for children and adolescents based on their functioning level
- Oversight of day-to-day operation of group home program
- Evaluate client’s permanency services
- Advocate for clients’ needs and next step in their treatment journey
- Operate a 7 and 8-bed coeducational Residential Group Home for Nonverbal Autistic Children
- Supervised daily operation of two group home and clinical delivery services for children with significant trauma and behavioral history
- Supervised a division of the company with 24 staff members
- Facilitate agency-specific training
- Provide crisis and risk management for all division group homes
- Provide on-call duties as assigned
- Prepare group homes for licensure with the state agency
- Oversee the budgetary operation of group homes
- Oversee all finances for the clients
- Collaborates with stakeholders for the expansion of the division service line.
Case Manager
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
- Maintain a caseload of 60 clients in the residential group home
- Serve as a liaison between the Department of Children & Families, Family Networks, and other agencies for client’s continuum care
- Attend Foster care meetings with the Department of Children & Families and other external meetings
- Facilitate clinical meetings and client treatment meetings every six months
- Co-facilitate group counseling, and Adventure Based Counseling Activities
- Connect clients and families with community resources at discharge
- Conduct new intake and develop a care plan for clients
- Liaison with the client’s external team and provide weekly care updates
- Manage and oversee all client appointments, and court appearances, and provide transportation as needed.
Clinical intern
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
03.2015 - 06.2021
- Co-facilitate psycho-education group therapy for two adolescents group homes
- Maintain a clinical caseload of fifteen clients in the group homes
- Provide individual therapy utilizing evidence-based modalities in therapy
- Complete initial biopsychosocial on admission
- Completes safety plan, treatment plan, and behavior modification plan for clients
- Completes timely documentation of treatment plans every six weeks
- Complete weekly risk assessment for each client
- Present at the monthly clinical management review meeting on client progress/readiness for discharge
- Communicate with the interdisciplinary milieu team, schools, families, and legal guardians on client progress in treatment
- Attend Milieu meetings, treatment reviews, and foster care review
- Attend agency training and supervision
- Complete Child and Adolescent Needs and Strength Assessment (CANS).
Education
Master of Social Work (MSW) -
Boston College
B.Sc. Social Science - Psychology
Assumption College
Skills
- Community Engagement
- Crisis Management Plans
- Homelessness Prevention
- Family Support
- Multicultural Competence
- Mental Health Assessment
- Policy analysis
- Individual Counseling
- Child Welfare
- Clinical Supervision
- Electronic Health Records
- Patient Assessments
Professional License
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, #128421, Massachusetts
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker-pending, California
Tel
857-261-1026
Professional Development
- Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Certificate (EMDR)
- MSW Trauma Certificate
- Child and Adolescent Needs and Strength Assessment Certificate (CANS)
- Picture Exchange Communication Certificate-Level 1
- Teach Safe & Positive Approaches, Essential Communication skills, and Behavior Modification to new employees during company orientations.
- Supervise off-campus residential homes and provide training to the employee on the floor.
- Student Leadership and Voluntary role
- President- Boston College Graduate Student of Color Association (GSCA)
- Community Health Network Area-17 Fellowship 2020-2021
References
Available upon request
Certification
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMD)
Timeline
Outpatient Clinician
Cartwheel Cares
03.2024 - Current
Social Work Manager
PIH-Good Samaritan Hospital
11.2021 - Current
Clinical Social Worker
Massachusetts General Hospital
07.2021 - 08.2022
Emergency Room Department
Boston Medical Center
07.2021 - 08.2022
Social Work Intern
Massachusetts General Hospital
08.2020 - 05.2021
Clinical intern
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
03.2015 - 06.2021
Community Director
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
Program Director
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
Case Manager
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, Massachusetts
Master of Social Work (MSW) -
Boston College
B.Sc. Social Science - Psychology
Assumption College
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