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 don’t have the opportunity to participate in 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 four webinars featuring topics of interest to supervisors:

• September 18, 2025, 10am – noon: “Supervision Basics: For the New and Aspiring Supervisor (and Experienced Supervisors who are Looking for a Refresher)”. Michael Blady and Paul Margolies.

• October 24, 2025, 10am – noon: “More than the sum of its parts: Creating and sustaining effective supervision groups”. Michael Blady and Paul Margolies.

• November 6, 2025, 10am – noon: NEW TOPIC “Change management – Guiding and leading your team through organizational change”. Michael Blady and Paul Margolies.

• December 11, 2025, 10am - noon: “Burnout, Trauma and Compassion Fatigue for Supervisors”. Michael Blady and Paul Margolies.

Please note that these events require preregistration in the CPI Learning Management System. Please click on the desired session title above to register. Capacity is limited, so please register soon.

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.This series is supported through a Westchester County Opioid Settlement Treatment Grant awarded to Westchester Jewish Community Services. The content is intended to support all clinicians, including therapists and psychiatric providers, in treating substance use and co-occurring disorders by providing an overview of substances of misuse, their intoxication and withdrawal symptoms, their interactions with other mental health diagnoses, and their treatment.

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.