Jennifer Cardenas
Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Consultant, Nonprofit Leader
- Role
- Principal, Owner at Cardenas Consulting Group
- Location
- Oakland, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jennifer Cardenas
Behavioral Health Consultant, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CA and WA) and accomplished senior executive with a unique blend of clinical and operational expertise in training, organizational analysis, implementation, consultation and technical assistance to behavioral health organizations on a variety of quality management and quality assurance topics.
Experience
Principal, Owner
Oct 2016 — Present · Oakland, CA, US
Provide training, analysis, consultation and technical assistance to behavioral health non-profit organizations and government entities in all areas of behavioral health, child welfare and quality management, including:• California and Federal Behavioral Health and Child Welfare Regulations, Legislation and Advocacy• Organizational and Systems Development• Clinical and Best Practice Standards• Strategic Program Expansion and Development• MediCal/Medicaid Licensure and Certification Processes• Change Management and Implementation • Program Development• Capacity Building• Organizational Assessment and Gap Analysis• Evidence Based Practices• Non-profit Regulatory Compliance• Outcomes Management and Data-driven Decision Making• Health Information Systems• Risk Management and Root Cause Analysis• Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Processes• CANS/ANSA/TCOM Certification and Implementation• Medicaid Billing• Audit Readiness
Education
Northwestern University
Bachelor's of Science in Education, Psychological Services and Human Development
1997 — 2001
University of Michigan
Master's Degree in Social Work, Interpersonal Practice in Mental Health
2002 — 2003
Skills
- Training
- Program Evaluation
- Behavioral Health
- Project Management
- Family Therapy
- Program Management
- Group Therapy
- Program Development
- Quality Assurance
- Treatment
- Social Services
- Case Managment
- Conference Speaking
- Quality Management
- Mental Health Counseling
- Quality Improvement
- Employee Training
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Crisis Intervention
- Public Speaking
- Working with Adolescents
- Mental Health
- Medicare/Medicaid Reimbursement
- Case Management
- Adolescents
- Clinical Supervision
- Nonprofits
- Cbt
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