Sophine Charles

Associate Executive Director, Downstate at Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA)
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Credentials

  • Business Management Training Program
    Workshop in Business Opportunities
    Jun, 2001
    - Oct, 2024
  • Casework Supervisor Trainer
    Center for the Development of Human Services, State University of New York (SUNY)
    Jan, 2001
    - Oct, 2024
  • Family Development Credential (FDC)
    Cornell University
    Jan, 1999
    - Oct, 2024
  • Certified Trainer
    Redirecting Children’s Behavior
    Jan, 1998
    - Oct, 2024
  • Foster Parent Trainer
    New York State MAPP (Model Approach to Partnership in Parenting) Program
    Jan, 1998
    - Oct, 2024
  • Parenting Trainer
    Child Welfare Institute
    Jan, 1998
    - Oct, 2024
  • ProComp + Biograph System
    Screen and Protocol Development
    Oct, 1997
    - Oct, 2024
  • Biofeedback Training
    Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
    Sep, 1997
    - Oct, 2024
  • Basic EEG and EEG, Protocol for ADHD
    Thought Technology Ltd.
    Aug, 1996
    - Oct, 2024
  • Certified Police Instructor
    Division of Criminal Justice Services, Bureau for Municipal Police Training Council
    Jul, 1996
    - Oct, 2024
  • Biofeedback Certificate Program
    Stens Corporation and Biofeedback Certification Institute of America
    Nov, 1995
    - Oct, 2024
  • Methods of Instruction Course
    New York City Police Academy
    Dec, 1991
    - Oct, 2024
  • Clinical Associate, Managed Mental Health Care
    American Board of Certified Managed Care Providers
    Jul, 1991
    - Oct, 2024
  • Bias-Related Crime Unit Training
    New York State Police Academy
    Jan, 1988
    - Oct, 2024
  • New York State-Certified Trainer
    Methods of Instruction
    Jan, 1988
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA)
    • United States
    • Public Policy Offices
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Executive Director, Downstate
      • 2011 - Present

      Director of all preventive child welfare policy and practice issues that impact nonprofit child welfare agencies in New York state. Prevention liaison to government partners with statewide responsibility for preventive service coalitions. Provide advocacy support for prevention programs and direct prevention advocacy agenda. Staff Juvenile Justice Workshop. Select Accomplishments • Advocated for an additional $40 million in ACS budget beyond baseline funds for child welfare prevention programs and $3 million in New York state budget to help commercially exploited and sex trafficked youth. • Convened CEOs Racial Social Justice Forums, assisting agency executives with implementing DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) policies and practices to comply with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s mandates for all contracted agencies. • Facilitated partnership between child welfare agencies and NYPD assistant commissioner who conducted gang violence prevention forums in New York, leading to reduction in violence on residential campuses. • Led monthly Undoing Racism Discussions, identified interventions to address ongoing inequities in service delivery to families and discover ways to improve services to families. Show less

  • John Jay College (CUNY)
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Adjunct Professor, NYPD Executive Leadership Graduate Program
      • 2000 - Present

      Lecturer in a New York City Council-sponsored Police Intervention Program designed for New York City police officers and supervisors. Conduct undergraduate- and graduate-level courses on impact of racial and ethnic diversity, social structure and oppression on policing and police supervision in New York City. Lectures focus on the impact of racial and cultural myths and realities; police perceptions and responses to crime; community perceptions and responses to law enforcement. Select Accomplishment • Professor recruited to teach at John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s NYPD Executive Leadership Graduate Program and thanked by commanders and executives for changing their perspectives on racism in policing. Show less

  • Our Kids LLC
    • New York, NY
    • President and Founder
      • 1998 - 2019

      At educational consulting organization, designed and implemented professional development training program for direct service providers and supervisors at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services and contract agencies. Presented parent education programs to foster, birth and custodial parents involved in family court interventions. Delivered in-home therapeutic intervention services to children in foster homes and provided support to recently reunited families. Select Accomplishment • Facilitated dialogue and planning among mayor’s office, police leaders and community partners, responding to governor’s mandate requiring all police agencies in New York state to submit plans for police reform. Show less

  • Simon Wiesenthal Center
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Law Enforcement Training Consultant, New York Tolerance Center
      • 2006 - 2014

      Served as trainer and facilitator for Tools for Tolerance Law Enforcement Professionals Program. Led criminal justice professionals through day-long, interactive, discussion-based workshops, exhibits and videos exploring issues of prejudice, diversity, tolerance, cooperation and personal responsibility in workplace and community. Served as trainer and facilitator for Tools for Tolerance Law Enforcement Professionals Program. Led criminal justice professionals through day-long, interactive, discussion-based workshops, exhibits and videos exploring issues of prejudice, diversity, tolerance, cooperation and personal responsibility in workplace and community.

  • Abbott House
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Clinical Consultant
      • 2010 - 2013

      Conducted in-home foster care counseling, family supervision and advisement. Provided specialized in-home individual, group and family intervention services for families and children with special needs. Conducted in-home foster care counseling, family supervision and advisement. Provided specialized in-home individual, group and family intervention services for families and children with special needs.

  • STEINWAY CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES
    • United States
    • Medical Practices
    • Program Director
      • 2005 - 2010

      Managed foster care prevention program for families in crisis. Overall administration and direct service of Bronx Prevention Service Program. Direct supervision of nine family therapists, five clerical and supportive staff. Maintained professional linkages with all government (state and city) agencies, community service providers and referral services throughout New York City. Select Accomplishment • Supervision of 105 families in South Bronx preventive service program contracted by New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). Show less

  • Episcopal Social Services - Venture House
    • United States
    • Non-profit Organization Management
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Therapist
      • 1997 - 2010

      Re-Entry Consultant and Therapist (2006 – 2010) Designed correctional-based re-entry workshops for incarcerated individuals. Delivered re-entry training and counseling to incarcerated populations at Fishkill Correctional Facility and provided individual counseling upon release to the community. Behavior Modification Therapist and Trainer (1997 – 2009) Provided specialized in-home individual, group, and family intervention services for families and children with special needs. Services included behavioral assessment and training support for foster and birth parents. Designed professional development training programs for foster parents and casework staff. Select Accomplishment • Designed re-entry program for Network in the Community for incarcerated individuals, conducting workshops at Fishkill Correctional Facility’s Network Program and assisting inmates in their transition back into local communities. Show less

  • Center for the Development of Human Services
    • Training Consultant, New York City Common Core Training Project
      • 2001 - 2004

      Implemented New York State caseworker / supervisor / manager mandated training program at Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). Completed six months of the Common Core Train-the-Trainer Program. Trained more than 300 supervisors in regulations driven primarily by ASFA (Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997), supervisory skills, safety assessments, service planning, family team conferencing, interpersonal helping skills, core helping conditions, and making safety decisions. Provided individual and small group follow-up, on-site coaching, and technical assistance to supervisors at 25 ACS and contract agency job sites. Show less

  • New York City Police Department
    • United States
    • Law Enforcement
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Various
      • 1981 - 1999

      Police Officer, Intercity Correspondence Unit 1997 – 1999 Academic Advisor / College Liaison (1995 – 1997) Managed undergraduate and graduate scholarship program, advising personnel of academic opportunities and maintaining department’s accreditation with New York State Program on Non-Scholastic Instructions (PONSI). Instructor, Instructor Development Unit (1991 – 1995) Trained the trainers. Police Academy Liaison, Vera Institute of Justice (1990 – 1991) Designed community policing curricula and training manuals. Counselor to Recruits / Student Officers, Counseling Unit (1989 – 1990) Counseled student officers enrolled in recruit training school. Trainer, Governor’s Task Force, New York State Bias Investigators (1988) Trained senior New York state investigators on racial, ethnic and diversity issues. Human Relations Trainer (1986 – 1989) In-service training and professional development for civilian and uniform personnel. Police Officer, Instructor, Counselor, Scholarship Liaison (1984 – 1995) Numerous patrol, training and administrative assignments. Administrative Aide (1981 – 1983) Switchboard operator; police reports; took fingerprints; general record keeping, data entry. Select Accomplishments • Senior trainer and program developer at NYPD: As human relations trainer, taught police ethics to more than 3,000 officers, starting courageous conversations on race and systemic racism in department. • As community policing trainer, exposed thousands of officers and executives to community policing in training that went against cultural paradigm of policing methods in black and brown communities. Show less

  • The Society for Seamen’s Children
    • Staten Island, NY
    • Psychotherapist and Trainer (1994 – 1996); Clinical Intern (1993 – 1994)
      • 1993 - 1996

      In Early Permanency Planning Project, provided individual and family therapeutic interventions for young mothers suffering from AIDS / HIV-related illnesses. Collaborated with family members to identify Surrogate Parents to assume parenting responsibilities after passing of terminally ill parents. Trained Surrogate Parents to deal with behavioral difficulties resulting from separation and loss. Provided bereavement and grief counseling to children and families. In Early Permanency Planning Project, provided individual and family therapeutic interventions for young mothers suffering from AIDS / HIV-related illnesses. Collaborated with family members to identify Surrogate Parents to assume parenting responsibilities after passing of terminally ill parents. Trained Surrogate Parents to deal with behavioral difficulties resulting from separation and loss. Provided bereavement and grief counseling to children and families.

  • WOODHULL HOSPITAL
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Clinical Intern, Psychological Services
      • 1993 - 1994

      Provided clinical assessments, psychological evaluations during doctoral clinical internship. Provided clinical assessments, psychological evaluations during doctoral clinical internship.

  • University of Delaware
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Adjunct Lecturer, National Law Enforcement Professional Development Program
      • 1992 - 1993

      Designed and implemented professional development training for small Northeastern (New Jersey to Rhode Island) police departments without formal training facilities. Focused on implementing new law enforcement training paradigms. Developed curricula that encouraged community policing, problem solving and partnerships with other city agencies to address crime and quality-of-life problems. Select Accomplishment • Introduced police departments in Northeastern U.S. without formal police training academies to concept and practice of community policing. Show less

  • Beverly Mack Harry Consulting
    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • In-Home Psychotherapist
      • 1990 - 1993

      Provided therapeutic intervention for children in foster care. Implemented cognitive and behavioral strategies to address conduct and behavioral problems, anxiety disorders, substance abuse and difficulties resulting from sexual abuse. Provided therapeutic intervention for children in foster care. Implemented cognitive and behavioral strategies to address conduct and behavioral problems, anxiety disorders, substance abuse and difficulties resulting from sexual abuse.

Education

  • Fordham University
    Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
  • New York Institute of Technology
    M.P.S., Counseling and Human Relations
  • York College of the City University of New York
    B.S., Community Health Education

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