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Building Blocks for Successful Supervision

Monday, September 8th, 2025   10:00 AM EDT -1:00 PM EDT
Rebecca Ashery PhD, LCSW-C, Leader-Manager Coach
$59.99

A total of 20 important components for effective supervision have been identified. Each component will be examined and select ones will be reinforced by videos that emphasize the key points. Skillful integration of these building blocks enables supervisors to achieve success. The building blocks can be catergorized into 3 parts: (1) essentials for leadership - including conflict resolution, decision-making, critical thinking, and program metrics: (2) Clinical issues such as teamwork, CBT for supervision; and (3) Administrative essentials  - office organization; dealing with silos; avoid being a sandwiched manager.

By skillfully integrating these components, supervisors can enhance their leadership skills, improve clinical supervision, and efficiently manage administrative tasks. Learning not only what to do but also how to do it will empower supervisors to effectively apply their knowledge in real-world scenarios, ensuring success in their roles. 

The major focus is for supervisors who are supervising units within their organization and will focus more on administrative rather than clinical functions. 

About the Presenter

Rebecca Ashery PhD, LCSW-C, Leader-Manager Coach, is a former captain in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps serving over 25 years in various leadership and management positions. She directed two regions of the Federally Qualified Health Center Program (FQHC) with a combined budget of $500 million. She served as the Deputy Director of the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative breaking down agency silos and using a coordinated team approach. As Director of the HIV/AIDS Training program she directed the development of 15 courses training more than 20,000 substance abuse workers and administrators. She was instrumental in establishing the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention staff college and mentoring program. She currently has a psychotherapy and a coaching practice.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Demonstrate their understanding by defining and explaining the building blocks for effective supervision in a structured group discussion.
  2. Showcase their ability to implement the building blocks for supervision through role-play scenarios, followed by peer and instructor feedback.
  3. Develop and present a supervision plan that incorporates the three cornerstones of social work (administrative, supportive, and educational) demonstrating practical application of the building blocks.

Agenda:
  • Definition of supervision for social workers (5 minutes)
  • Differences between social work supervision and other supervision (5 minutes)
  • Direct and vicarious liability (5 minutes)

·         Review of 3 building blocks Administrative/educational/supportive (5 minutes)  

·         Review of Supervisory Leadership with case study (10 minutes)

·         Essentials for Leadership- Supervisory Administrative Building Block Skills (1 hour- discussion, videos, case studies) 

o   Conflict resolution

o   Decision making

o   Critical thinking

o   Difficult conversations (afternoon session on difficult conversations will not be reviewed in depth)

o   Budget 

o   Keeping up with laws and policy changes

·         Direct Supervisory Building block skills - related to clinical (1 hour - discussion, videos, case studies)

o   Supervise the person - not the problem

o   Be aware of unhelpful thinking

o   Transference-Counter transference

o   Be self aware - develop yourself

o   Getting to outcomes -SMART Goals

o   Working as a team

o   Cultivate a vision for your group

·         Everyday Administrative Building Block Skills (30 minutes - lecture- short video)

·         Be fair, consistent and equitable

·         Be familiar with all components of the organization - don't work in a silo

·         Don't be a sandwiched manager

·         Develop office systems

·         Participate on committees, task forces

·         Think strategically - work smart not hard

This workshop offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: introductory
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
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  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
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Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
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*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.