HSF Supervisory Skills Certificate Series Spring 2024

This series of workshops is ideal for new supervisors to get the skills and knowledges needed to succeed. A trained supervisory team will improve any organization and lead to higher impact in aiding their communities.

The workshop series takes place from 9am to 12:30pm every week for eight weeks on Thursdays starting May 2nd. Attendance is required at every session for certification.

This is a hybrid series, please select if you are attending in person at our offices in Easthampton, or virtually over Zoom.

Session Topics:

Lead with Influence– Everyone exerts influence, intentional or unintentional. A good leader is aware of how they would prefer to positively impact their team and guides their field in that direction.

Employment Law 101 and 102- This 2 part workshop presents the most up to date laws requarding employment is crucial for anyone who oversees employees. Mitigate risk, learn to avoid litigation and retaliation, and fulfill your legal obligations. 

Benefits and Liability- Insurance can be difficult to understand. In this session, gain a better understanding of what liabilities exist for your organization. Also understand what insurance benefits are available to be to make sure your team is making the most of them.

Team Building and Conflict Resolution- Build your team up, making the whole stronger than the sum of their parts. Learn tips and tactics to help drive unity. Be able to address when conflict does happen, leading back to making your team work in harmony.

Cyber Security- Protect your information and that of your organization. Learn what steps to take to discourage hackers and scammers.  Learn about the most common forms of attack, and how those attacks are evolving, as well as what the attackers are after and why.

Retention: Rewards & Recognition, Accountability & Discipline- Help build an understanding within your team of their own progress. Be able to have conversations about great performance, and areas of improvement. Build a culture that retains their workforce through active development.

Assessing D.E.I. as a New Supervisor- Where does your organization stand on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion? Do you understand your organization’s plan and your place in that plan? Learn to build and foster DEI within your team.

Program Fees:

HSF Members: $500  Not Yet Members: $900

Participants must attend all sessions to receive their certificates. Makeup sessions are not allowed.

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May 2024 Breakfast- Strategic Planning Needs a Redo

Many people dread the strategic planning process for good reasons. Strategic plans are intended to help organizations improve, and yet we use very little of what we know about change management and sustainable improvement in the strategic planning process. This results in a less engaging, more time-consuming, and less effective process. It doesn’t have to be this way.

This session will introduce participants to a more inclusive approach to starting their strategic planning. Jeff Wetherhold is a change management expert who has helped hundreds of teams make and sustain changes to improve client outcomes. Jeff will discuss how the strategic planning process changes when we approach it with a mindset of change management and improvement, and he will share practical ways to improve existing strategic plans that he finds most organizations ignore.

About the Presenter:

Jeff Wetherhold, M.Ed., advises mission-driven organizations who need to see change. He is a trainer and coach with 15+ years of experience supporting hundreds of teams in making and sustaining changes to improve client outcomes. Jeff’s work focuses on the disciplines of strategic planning, motivational interviewing, and process improvement.

Jeff is a firm believer that it is not enough to walk clients through a change process. They deserve to learn from it, and to build skills that they can continue to use throughout their careers.

Jeff has supported a broad range of change initiatives in the health care, education, community services, and private sectors over the course of his career.  As the Co-founder and Principal at Ohia Advisors, Jeff partners with organizations seeking to advance the health and well-being of their staff, clients, and communities through process improvement and strategic planning. This includes clients with national, regional, and local scopes of service.

Most recently, Jeff has founded MI for Health to provide accessible and skills-focused training and coaching in applying Motivational Interviewing to improve conversations about change with patients, clients, and staff.

Jeff is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and a faculty member with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, where he supports health care facilities in adopting evidence-based safety practices using improvement methods. He is based on Boston, Massachusetts.

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Advanced Management Series 2024- INDIVIDUAL SEASONS

 

 This is presented as a Hybrid event, available both as a Virtual Workshop Series, or In Person at our offices located in Easthampton!

Register to take individual workshops that are part of our ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SKILLS SERIES! This certificate series is designed to invest in and promote leaders from within to secure the future of the human services in Western MA. This program will provide experienced leaders, supervisors, managers, and directors with the high level trainings to gain the skills they need to succeed as they advance in the human service field!

Session Topics include:

  • The Unique Role of Managing from the Middle
  • Public Speaking for Large and Small Groups
  • Financial Management Panel
  • Networking: Building Internal and External Connections
  • Advanced Employment Law
  • Culturally Responsive Supervision

 

HSF Members: $500                            Not Yet Members: $900

Session 1: THE UNIQUE ROLE OF MANAGING FROM THE MIDDLE

Wednesday February 28th 9am-12:30pm

Supervisors often find themselves in the position of having to relay the needs of their team and clients up while communicating the mission and needs of the organization down. We will address what information you will communicated to you and will need to communicate to stakeholders. Learn what impact you personally can have on your work environment.

Presenter: Will Weche

Session 2: PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR SMALL AND LARGE GROUPS

Wednesday March 6th 9am-12:30pm

Whether you need to lead a morning team meeting, give a presentation to your managers, or speaking to the entire company and investors, speaking in front of others can be nerve-racking. Learn tips and tricks to Public Speaking that can be used in all circumstances.

Presenter: Cathy McNally

Session 3: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PANEL

Wednesday March 13th 9am-12:30pm

Our panel will discuss how money moves through and effects non-profit organizations. Topics to be covered include a nonprofit finance overview, including where the money comes from, budgeting, and internal controls including compliance and audits. The panel will be followed by a question and answer session.

Session 4: NETWORKING: BUILDING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS

Wednesday March 20th 9am-12:30pm

Learning the soft skills of business etiquette and social skills can help build connections that help the success of your organizations. Gain partnership within your organization. Become an organizational ambassador as build collegial relationships in a competitive environment.

Presenters: Janine Fondon and Lucie Lewis

Session 5: ADVANCED EMPLOYMENT LAW

Wednesday March 27th 9am-12:30pm

Protect your organization, yourself and your team from unneeded expensive and time consuming legal issues. This information heavy session takes a deep dive into Employment Law with up to date topics that managers should know.

Presenter: Tim Murphy

Session 6: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SUPERVISION

Wednesday April 3rd 9am-12:30pm

Gain an understanding of what it means to be Culturally Competent. Understand within group differences on what makes each person unique and respond respectfully to all cultures and identies in a research based management style.

Presenters: Ysabel Garcia

Certificates are given out after the final session to all participants who have attended all sessions.

*NO makeup sessions will be allowed for this program.*

HSF Annual Sponsors:

Advanced Management Series 2024

 

 This is presented as a Hybrid event, available both as a Virtual Workshop Series, or In Person at our offices located in Easthampton!

HSF is pleased to announce our ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SKILLS SERIES! This certificate series is designed to invest in and promote leaders from within to secure the future of the human services in Western MA. This program will provide experienced leaders, supervisors, managers, and directors with the high level trainings to gain the skills they need to succeed as they advance in the human service field!

Session Topics include:

  • The Unique Role of Managing from the Middle
  • Public Speaking for Large and Small Groups
  • Financial Management Panel
  • Networking: Building Internal and External Connections
  • Advanced Employment Law
  • Culturally Responsive Supervision

 

HSF Members: $500                            Not Yet Members: $900

This is a 6 part series!

*order of sessions may change

Session 1: THE UNIQUE ROLE OF MANAGING FROM THE MIDDLE

Wednesday February 28th 9am-12:30pm

Supervisors often find themselves in the position of having to relay the needs of their team and clients up while communicating the mission and needs of the organization down. We will address what information you will communicated to you and will need to communicate to stakeholders. Learn what impact you personally can have on your work environment.

Presenter: Will Weche

Session 2: PUBLIC SPEAKING FOR SMALL AND LARGE GROUPS

Wednesday March 6th 9am-12:30pm

Whether you need to lead a morning team meeting, give a presentation to your managers, or speaking to the entire company and investors, speaking in front of others can be nerve-racking. Learn tips and tricks to Public Speaking that can be used in all circumstances.

Presenter: Cathy McNally

Session 3: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PANEL

Wednesday March 13th 9am-12:30pm

Our panel will discuss how money moves through and effects non-profit organizations. Topics to be covered include a nonprofit finance overview, including where the money comes from, budgeting, and internal controls including compliance and audits. The panel will be followed by a question and answer session.

Session 4: NETWORKING: BUILDING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS

Wednesday March 20th 9am-12:30pm

Learning the soft skills of business etiquette and social skills can help build connections that help the success of your organizations. Gain partnership within your organization. Become an organizational ambassador as build collegial relationships in a competitive environment.

Presenters: Janine Fondon and Lucie Lewis

Session 5: ADVANCED EMPLOYMENT LAW

Wednesday March 27th 9am-12:30pm

Protect your organization, yourself and your team from unneeded expensive and time consuming legal issues. This information heavy session takes a deep dive into Employment Law with up to date topics that managers should know.

Presenter: Tim Murphy

Session 6: CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SUPERVISION

Wednesday April 3rd 9am-12:30pm

Gain an understanding of what it means to be Culturally Competent. Understand within group differences on what makes each person unique and respond respectfully to all cultures and identies in a research based management style.

Presenters: Ysabel Garcia

Certificates are given out after the final session to all participants who have attended all sessions.

*NO makeup sessions will be allowed for this program.*

HSF Annual Sponsors:

Coffee Hour

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Senior staff of HSF members are invited to “Breakfast with Becca”. This is a chance to get together to talk about current challenges and successes. Future sessions may have speakers on relevant topics. This is a member only event. Coffee and bagels will be provided but feel free to bring your own food and drink!

 

When
Thursday April 25, 2024 from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM EST

Program Fee 
HSF Members only: $15.00

 

Where
HSF offices locates at
Northeast Center for Youth and Families Building
203 East Street
Easthampton, MA
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