Nadezda Henry
Silver Spring,MD
Summary
To provide passionate, proactive and efficient leadership utilizing my clinical skills and business acumen.
Dynamic leader with a proven track record of exceptional program operations, contract monitoring, and effective resolution of staff and system challenges. Committed to delivering passionate, proactive leadership through clinical expertise and business acumen. Adept at problem-solving and implementing sustainable solutions via program assessment, data collection, critical thinking, and effective communication.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Social Services
Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home
03.2024 - Current
- A member of the Leadership team responsible for Clinical Operations of the Social Services department
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with CMS and DC regulations
- Accountable for timely completion of MDS, PASRR and social services assessments
- Collaboration with the DC Dept of Aging and Community Living, Comagine, and Home Health Providers
- Effective discharge planning that ensures level of care Liberty assessments and supportive community linkages
Clinical Director
Psychotherapeutic Treatment Services
02.2022 - 03.2024
- Serves as a Clinical Director over Program Operations for 114 bed capacity for the chronic mentally ill adults and aging population
- Advocacy for seniors with mental illness to include facilitation of senior assisted living facilities, and guardianship
- Collaboration with Dept of Aging and local core service agencies
- Responsible for ensuring quality assurance practices with Health Home services and Day Treatment programming, COMAR and Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) contract compliance
- Ensures Medicaid and Medicare are active and obtains Optum Maryland authorizations
- Provides coaching and supervision of staff
- Serves as a member of the CARF accreditation for Healthcare Facilities team and ensured successful renewal of accreditation
Foster Care and Adoption Service Administrator
The National Center for Children and Families
10.2017 - 10.2021
- A member of the Executive Leadership Team who ensures Program Compliance with contract, state and local regulations
- Provides oversight to the Innovative Family Connections Foster Care and Adoption Services Program contract with the District of Columbia, Child and Family Services (CFSA)
- Responsibilities include but not limited to: Oversight of over 108 staff members, placement of 400 youth in the state of MD, Benchmark Performance under the Lashawn Implementation Plan, a member of the CFSA and NCCF Management team in the New Safe Haven Redesign and Supervision of the Program Directors and Clinical Supervisory team
Division Manager
The National Center for Children and Families
08.2013 - 09.2017
- Provides Leadership and Program Oversight of ten-million-dollar contract with the Districts Child and Family Services Child Welfare Agency
- Ensure Program Compliance with regulations and contractual requirements for Child and Family Services (CFSA) contract and DHR MD treatment foster care contract
- Ensure maximum performance from the team in achieving national benchmarks for youths and families set for by federal requirements and Child and Family Services
- Ensure the ongoing development and refinement of each treatment foster care program
- Ensure financial viability of programs through collaborative resource development activities and timely, appropriate financial management
- Assist the Executive Director and Development team with writing grants, and participating in contracts negotiations as needed
- Ensure compliance with human resources, i.e
- Hiring, termination, personnel requirements, etc
- Provide supervision of Program Directors/Coordinators within the Division
- Provides timely reports to the Executive Director and members of the Executive Team regarding program progress, needs, and critical events
- Provides leadership in Organizational planning and implementation of being a trauma informed agency
- Responsible for staff moral and overall monitoring of the division
Program Director
The National Center for Children and Families
11.2005 - 08.2013
- Management and oversight of traditional and specialized contract of children in foster care
- This contract has a capacity of 68 children combined, approx
- 55 foster families and currently of 15 staff members
- This position involves supervision of a clinical supervisor and other direct staff that include Social workers, Family support workers, Family Group Conferencing, Educational Advocate, Birth Parent Advocate, and In-home Counselors
- The program Director is responsible for ensuring safety and permanency for children in the Innovative Family Connection Program
- The model of this program encourages shared parenting, trauma informed practice, supportive of birth family and community-based program that support children at home
- In addition, there is a responsibility for ensuring compliance with contract regulations and requirements with Child and Family Services mandates
Education
MBA -
John Hopkins University
MSW -
Columbia University
BA -
University at Albany
Skills
- Dynamic Leader
- Independent Business Advisor to the Executive Team and Administrator
- Quality Assurance team
- Trauma Focused
- Government Contract Compliance
- Hiring and HR Expertise
- Budget Analysis and Compliance
- CMS/MDS Regulations
- Advocacy on Aging and Community Living
Certification
- LICSW
- LCSW-C
Timeline
Director of Social Services
Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home
03.2024 - Current
Clinical Director
Psychotherapeutic Treatment Services
02.2022 - 03.2024
Foster Care and Adoption Service Administrator
The National Center for Children and Families
10.2017 - 10.2021
Division Manager
The National Center for Children and Families
08.2013 - 09.2017
Program Director
The National Center for Children and Families
11.2005 - 08.2013
- LICSW
- LCSW-C
MBA -
John Hopkins University
MSW -
Columbia University
BA -
University at Albany
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