Community Human Services
Caterina Poehner has extensive experience in the mental health and social work fields, currently serving as a Mental Health Clinician and Supervised Visitation Monitor at Community Human Services since May 2019. Prior roles include a Palliative Care MSW Intern at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula from August 2021 to May 2022, and a Keep It Real! Social Work Intern at Interim, Inc. from August 2020 to May 2021. Earlier experience includes working as a barista at Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Company and serving as a Research Assistant while self-employed. Caterina holds a Master's degree in Social Work from California State University, Monterey Bay, along with a Bachelor's degree in Social Behavioral Science and a Minor in Visual and Public Arts from the same institution, and an Associate's degree in Social Sciences from Monterey Peninsula College.
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Community Human Services
For over 50 years, Community Human Services has provided accessible, high quality substance abuse, mental health and homeless services to those most in need in Monterey County, California. We are a community non-profit founded by concerned local parents and partner with over a dozen local cities, towns, and school districts to provide help and hope. Virtually all of the work we do at CHS addresses underlying conditions or root causes of personal, family and community problems, whether it’s addiction, domestic violence, mental illness, emotional health, homelessness, child abuse, or any number of problems that people have trouble solving on their own. We help our clients develop new skills and support networks, learn new behaviors, and learn how to utilize community resources. Ultimately, our services affect change in the community by reducing the need for social services, law enforcement, hospitals, jails and prisons, and by improving school attendance, performance and social outcomes for children.