From Abstraction to Direction: Strategies for Building Your Voice and Presence as a Social Work Supervisor
New Hampshire Chapter
From Abstraction to Direction: Strategies for Building Your Voice and Presence as a Social Work Supervisor
Date & Time: March 12, 2026, 12:45 - 4:00 PM
Credits: 3 Supervision CEs
Cost:Member: $50.00; Non-member: $85.00
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Please note: This is a remote webinar that will be held outside the CE Institute. Webinar access instructions, evaluations, and certificates will be communicated by the NASW NH Chapter a day before the webinar. You must attend the live workshop to receive CEs associated.
3 Clinical Category A CEs pending approval from NASW NH
Social Work is a decidedly complex field that is all at once populated by mission-driven professionals that derive insurmountable energy and passion from front line work. Moreover, the path to a social work leadership role is hardly a direct line. Clinical talent and skillsets do not always transfer to one’s leadership role. Thus, emerging and even tenured social work supervisors and leaders must build new muscles in order to effectively lead teams while also promoting high-quality care. This training is designed to provide social work supervisors and leaders with impactful content, strategic frameworks, and associated leadership skills that also stay true to social work leadership core values.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to:
- Understand the context of social work leadership coupled with the complexities of today's work.
- Review the essential tasks of social work supervisors.
- Conceptualize and effectively respond to the common pitfalls and crucible moments of emerging leaders.
- Build supervisory and leadership skills to remain grounded in practice, to nurture teams,and to prioritize the care of those who depend on us.
Presenter:
Lee Westgate, MSW, MBA, LCSW-C (he/ him/ his) is a social work advocate with extensive professional experience in social work policy, practice, research, and education. He has held numerous organizational leadership roles, and has served as an educational consultant to a variety of associations and organizational clientele. He has served as a medical social worker in the fields of oncology, critical care, as well as in integrated behavioral health settings. Mr. Westgate has participated in a CSWE-sponsored National Trauma Task Force work-group that focused on the intersection of ethics and trauma-informed practice and he was awarded an immersion fellowship through Boston University to study addiction and behavioral health. He has participated in AIDS Education and Training Center on behalf of the University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD and participated in the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Workgroup on COVID and HIV. Mr. Westgate continues to serve as a Clinical Instructor at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work and his scholarship includes integrated behavioral health, clinical work with LGBTQIA+ populations, working with individuals with chronic and life-threatening illness, healthcare policy, and health equity. As a faculty member, he has received numerous teaching awards including the Alumni of the Year, Energizer Award, the Camara Jones Faculty Award, the Innovation in Social Work Award, the Exemplary Faculty Member of the Year Award along with the Dean’s Teaching Award for several consecutive semesters. He has been published in The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare, The Social Worker, The Journal of Employee Assistance, Infusion Magazine, Provider Magazine, and Social Work Today.
If you would prefer to pay by check, please email Emryn at elessie.naswnh@socialworkers.org. You will be sent a zoom link and any handouts received prior to the workshop. Please check your spam folders if you do not see the email by the morning of the training. Questions? Email Emryn or Lynn at lcurrier.naswnh@socialworkers.org.
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