Medical social worker
Kaiser Permanente Pediatrics
Oakland, California
Rachel Herndon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Perinatal Mental Health Certified clinician, currently working as a pediatric subspeciality medical social worker at Kaiser Oakland. Her passion is advocating for children and families in the healthcare system and other systems that perpetuate health inequities. She has previously worked as an emergency response investigator in Child Welfare, as the Director of Birthparent Services at a non-profit open adoption agency, as a medical social worker at Oakland Children’s Hospital and as a Maternal Child Health social worker at Kaiser, encompassing OBGYN clinic, Labor and Delivery, postpartum and Neonatal Intensive Care Units. She loves working in multidisciplinary teams to bring a lens of social justice and ethical practice to shared patients, many of whom have a justified lack of trust in their healthcare system. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her spouse and young daughter, cycling, running, cooking and traveling.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT