Full Name
Tene Washington LICSW, PMH-C
Job Title
Director of Behavioral Health Fellowship
Company
Unity Health Care
City (Address)
washington
State/Province/County (Address)
DC
Speaker Short Bio
As the Director of Integrated Behavioral Health and Director of the Post Graduate Behavioral Health Fellowship at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Tene' Washington provides strategic leadership to advance integrated, team-based care across pediatric and primary care settings. She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and holds a Perinatal Mental Health-Certification (PMH-C), with more than nine years of experience designing, implementing, and leading behavioral health programs that improve access to high-quality, whole-person care for children, adolescents, and families. She also has more than 15 years of experience providing direct clinical care across the lifespan, including play therapy and family therapy.
Ms. Washington holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Howard University and a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Her expertise includes implementing the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model, developing interdisciplinary care teams, and integrating behavioral health services into pediatric and primary care workflows. She collaborates with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, care managers, and community partners to create sustainable models of care that improve patient outcomes, strengthen provider collaboration, and address the behavioral, developmental, and social needs of children and families.
In her leadership roles, Tene' oversees integrated behavioral health initiatives, clinical program development, workforce training, quality improvement, and operational implementation. She also directs a two-year Post Graduate Behavioral Health Fellowship that prepares newly graduated licensed clinicians to deliver evidence-based behavioral health services within primary care. Her responsibilities include curriculum development, faculty leadership, recruitment, clinical education, program evaluation, and mentoring the next generation of integrated behavioral health professionals.
Throughout her career, Tene' has developed and delivered training for interdisciplinary healthcare teams on pediatric behavioral health, trauma-informed care, developmental and behavioral screening, motivational interviewing, collaborative care, reproductive and perinatal mental health, and effective team-based care practices. She has extensive experience translating evidence into practice by creating clinical workflows, provider education, implementation tools, and quality improvement strategies that support sustainable systems change.
Her professional focus is advancing innovative models of integrated care, perinatal mental health, maternal health, and pediatric mental health that promote health equity, improve access to behavioral health services, and strengthen the capacity of healthcare organizations to provide coordinated, family-centered care. She is passionate about building collaborative healthcare systems that support children and families while preparing the behavioral health workforce to meet the evolving needs of primary care.
Ms. Washington holds a Master of Social Work (MSW) from Howard University and a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Her expertise includes implementing the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model, developing interdisciplinary care teams, and integrating behavioral health services into pediatric and primary care workflows. She collaborates with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, care managers, and community partners to create sustainable models of care that improve patient outcomes, strengthen provider collaboration, and address the behavioral, developmental, and social needs of children and families.
In her leadership roles, Tene' oversees integrated behavioral health initiatives, clinical program development, workforce training, quality improvement, and operational implementation. She also directs a two-year Post Graduate Behavioral Health Fellowship that prepares newly graduated licensed clinicians to deliver evidence-based behavioral health services within primary care. Her responsibilities include curriculum development, faculty leadership, recruitment, clinical education, program evaluation, and mentoring the next generation of integrated behavioral health professionals.
Throughout her career, Tene' has developed and delivered training for interdisciplinary healthcare teams on pediatric behavioral health, trauma-informed care, developmental and behavioral screening, motivational interviewing, collaborative care, reproductive and perinatal mental health, and effective team-based care practices. She has extensive experience translating evidence into practice by creating clinical workflows, provider education, implementation tools, and quality improvement strategies that support sustainable systems change.
Her professional focus is advancing innovative models of integrated care, perinatal mental health, maternal health, and pediatric mental health that promote health equity, improve access to behavioral health services, and strengthen the capacity of healthcare organizations to provide coordinated, family-centered care. She is passionate about building collaborative healthcare systems that support children and families while preparing the behavioral health workforce to meet the evolving needs of primary care.
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