Christine McNulty

Christine McNulty, LCSW, LADC, CCS, has spent her career working with children, adolescents, and adults that have been impacted by substance use and mental health challenges. Christine began her career in the early nineties working in an inpatient mental health hospital with children and adolescents. After completing her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Christine moved to San Jose, CA, where she led a drop-in program for homeless and street-dependent youth and young adults. After working in California for 6 years, Christine returned home to Maine, where she completed her Master’s Degree in Social Work.

Over the last 25 years, Christine has had the opportunity to work with many diverse populations in a number of diverse settings. She has had the opportunity to work in inpatient hospital treatment programs; and, has led teams in residential treatment programs; social service drop-in programs for homeless populations; group homes; and, correctional facilities. Currently, Christine is working as a behavioral health consultant for social service programs and schools.

Randy Morrison

Randy Morrison (he/him) is a person who personally understands the challenges of navigating substance use and mental health concerns. He is a Certified Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Specialist, IPS Trainer, and CCAR Recovery Coach trainer; and has a master’s in public health and a master’s in policy, planning and management. Randy spent over seven years leading the growth and implementation of peer support programs across Maine’s largest healthcare system before becoming a full-time trainer and consultant. During his time as a senior leader, he grew a peer support team of 3 peer supporters to over 65, the largest in Maine. The programs spanned substance use peer support, mental health peer support, youth peer support, and family/parent peer support. Those positions worked in a variety of settings as well, including emergency departments, primary care, behavioral health clinics, youth early intervention programs, case management programs, and four peer support centers. Randy was a co-author on a manual for integrating peer support into multidisciplinary and clinical settings. Randy is passionate about peer support fidelity and creating systems that center the people utilizing them.

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Session 1 | January 12 | Welcome & Setting the Stage

• Team and group norms
• Team culture
• Leading in the middle
• Introduce professional development plan

Session 2 | January 26 | Fundamentals: Supervision as a Skill

• Self-assessment and development plan
• Supervision models & functions of a supervisor
• Qualities of a “good” supervisor
• SMART goals

Session 3 | February 9 | Leadership

• Leadership vs. management
• Creating a vision for your team
• SWOT analysis

Session 4 | February 23 | Change Management

• Effective communication throughout the change process
• Responding to conflict
• Giving and receiving feedback

Session 5 | March 8 | Legal Issues & Ethics

• Working with HR and legal representatives
• Assistance programs, resources, benefits
• Defining ethics & scope of practice
• Roles, responsibilities, boundaries

Session 6 | March 22 | Self-Care & Setting Up Supervision

• Self-care & finding your balance
• Self-care vs community care
• Hiring & onboarding
• Setting up supervisory relationships – contracts, notes, templates, individual development

Session 7 | April 5 | Finance

• Budget basics & budget management
• Practice building & tough choices
• Financial learning plan

Session 8 | April 19 | Individual Development & Performance Management

• Radical candor & managing our “stuff”
• Resetting supervisory relationships
• Corrective action – conversations

Session 9 | Mary 3 | Team Culture

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion – roles, pathways, and identities
• Cultivating growth, emotional safety, intellectual curiosity
• Setting team values and agreements
• Power dynamics
• Conflict in the workplace

Session 10 | IN PERSON May 17 | Wrap-Up, Network, & Next Steps

• What have I learned? 
• What is my self-development plan?
• How do I prepare myself for the next steps in my professional development?
• How do I get involved in the ECHO series?

48 hours of continuing education – includes 40 live hours of instruction (inclusive of 5 hours of ethics) and 8 hours of static instruction

• Fulfills the training requirement for the Certified Clinical Supervisor training (however, it is recommended that participants have completed the 24-hour CCS training (through CCSME or another similar course) as this certificate program will be more in-depth).
• Contact hours:
  • 48 contact hours for peer support professionals, social workers, licensed clinical professional counselors, and other behavioral health professionals
  • 48 Category I contact hours for psychologists are provided. CCSME is a pre-approved sponsor and provider of Professional Education Activities for Psychologists.
  • 48 contact hours for CHES. CCSME is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.
  • 48 contact hours pending for alcohol and drug counselors from the Maine Board of Alcohol and Drug Counselors

Through live sessions and self-study work, participants will develop a personalized supervisor manual, reflective of their role, personal development plan, and agency. Participants will receive a certificate of participation for 48 total contact hours (40 hours of live instruction, 8 hours of static online instruction), inclusive of 5 hours of ethics training.

Upon completion of this course, participants will have an opportunity to continue to receive mentoring and education on this topic via a Project ECHO learning community and/or a Behavioral Health Supervisory Community of Practice.

Conflict of Interest

This educational activity does not include any content that relates to the products and/or services of a commercial interest that would create a conflict of interest. There are no individuals in a position to control content for this activity or have any relevant financial relationships to declare. There is no commercial support being received for this CNE offering.

Sponsors

This course is developed through the Maine Behavioral Health Workforce Development Collaborative and the Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Center

• The Maine Behavioral Health Workforce Development Collaborative is coordinated by CCSME and funded by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services
• The Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Center is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,365,000 with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov

• CCSME withholds a $10 administration fee for cancellation refunds given within one week of the course start date. Cancellation requests with less than one week’s notice will not be refunded