Agency supervisors play a key role in ensuring that recipients receive high-quality services and staff are provided with the support they need to develop the skills, knowledge, and values to do their jobs. Good supervision has been linked to positive staff outcomes like improved job satisfaction, higher morale, and learning evidence-based practices.

Unfortunately, most people who become supervisors aren’t offered training or coursework before taking on this important role. This can make an always challenging job even more difficult.

This fall and winter we will offer again three popular webinars featuring topics of interest to supervisors:

• October 22, 2024, 10am – noon: “Supervision Basics: For the New and Aspiring Supervisor (and Experienced Supervisors who are Looking for a Refresher)”. Michael Blady and Paul Margolies. Please click here to register.

• November 19, 2024, 2:30pm – 4:30pm: “Burnout, Trauma and Compassion Fatigue for Supervisors”. Michael Blady and Paul Margolies. Please click here to register.

• December 17, 2024, 2pm – 4pm: "Cultural Humility Within the Context of Supervision”. Michael Blady, Norman Kim and Paul Margolies. Please click here to register.

Please note that each of these events require preregistration in the CPI Learning Management System. Capacity is limited, so please register soon by clicking above where indicated. CEUs for these training events will be available.

Presenters:

Michael Blady, LCSW-R, is a clinical, training and program development consultant, and private practitioner. He was the Chief Operating Officer at The Bridge from 2012-2020. Prior to that he worked for the Institute for Community Living and Henry Street Settlement. In his 40+ year career in human services as a clinician, supervisor, manager, and agency leader Michael has worked with adults, children, and families across the spectrum of social service needs. Michael is an Adjunct Faculty Member at the Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College, on the faculty of the Academy for Justice-Informed Practice, CUCS, and consultant for the Center for Practice Innovations. Michael is a graduate of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Services, class of 1978.

Paul Margolies, Ph.D. is Associate Director for Practice Innovation and Implementation at the Center for Practice Innovations at Columbia Psychiatry (CPI), located at New York State Psychiatric Institute and Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Psychology (in Psychiatry) at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. At CPI Dr. Margolies oversees implementation and training efforts for a number of initiatives that bring best treatment practices for those diagnosed with serious mental illness to the field, including IPS supported employment. Dr. Margolies is a licensed psychologist who received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Over the course of the past 40+ years, he has worked in community and inpatient settings in a variety of clinical, supervisory and administrative roles. His recent publications focus on implementation and dissemination of evidence-based practices, the Individual Placement and Support approach to supported employment, and Wellness Self-Management. He has presented papers and workshops at regional, national and international conferences on topics including evidence-based practices, transformational leadership, organizational change, cognitive-behavior therapy, and psychiatric rehabilitation.

Norman H. Kim, PhD. Norman is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the Center for Practice Innovation. and the co-founder of the Institute for Antiracism and Equity, a social justice focused consultancy. He completed his B.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. in Psychology at UCLA. His research and clinical interests include the social development of people with autism, the developmental course of bipolar disorder, and anxiety disorders. In conjunction Norman has developed an expertise in psychiatrically complex populations, and his primary areas of interest are the application of a transdiagnostic framework for eating disorders, taking an evolutionary approach to shame and anxiety, and minority mental health. He is a regular national and international speaker, educator, and passionate advocate with a particular focus on minority status and barriers to mental health care in marginalized communities. Most recently Norman was the Deputy Director of Ayana Therapy, a tech startup focused on providing culturally intelligent, adapted, and accessible care to marginalized communities, and was the co-founder of Reasons Eating Disorder Center.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THREE NEWLY DESIGNED WEBINARS FOR SUPERVISORS WILL BE PRESENTED IN EARLY 2025.

We will inform you when registration for these webinars opens.

• January 15, 2025, 2pm – 4pm. “Staff Evaluation and Development”. Presenters: Michael Blady and Paul Margolies.

• February 4, 2025, 10am – 11:30am. “Supervision and Suicide Prevention: Supervising Clinicians Working with Individuals at Risk for Suicide”. Presenters: Beth Brodsky, Christa Labouliere, and Maureen Monahan.

• March 11, 2025, 10am – noon. “How Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change Can be Used Within the Supervision Process”. Presenters: Nancy Covell, Rusty Foster, and Dwayne Mayes.