Speaker Bio:

Peggy Reed-Lohmeyer is an LCSW in the state of Missouri. She earned her BSW from Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri & her MSW from University of Missouri-Columbia. She has worked in a variety of fields, including youth residential, outpatient mental health, home health & hospice, corrections, as well as providing consultations at a medical hospital. The bulk of her clinical work was at Fulton State Hospital. After 25 years of service, she retired from full-time state employment, as FSH’s Risk Manager. She continues to work part-time for the hospital. She has provided clinical supervision to numerous social workers over the years and continues to do so. She has taught college classes for the past 11 years, working at four area colleges. She has volunteered her social work services in the community over the years, including leading critical incident debriefings, grief support groups, suicide prevention education, and being the mental health professional on call at various events. She is Secretary of the Missouri Chapter of NASW & also serves as the Ethics Committee Chair.

Lecture Objectives:

1. Identify common challenges of social work supervision

2. Identify strategies for addressing supervision challenges

3. Identify current social work licensure requirements

Description:

As if practicing social work was not challenging enough, many find that providing social work supervision presents additional challenges. These challenges can include supervisee skill & development, agency issues, process & systemic issues & the licensing requirements. Being able to effectively address these challenges will lead to a more productive & satisfying supervisory experience, both the supervisor & supervisee, as well as, better prepare the supervisee to become licensed, which can shorten supervision time & lead to more competent independently practicing social workers in the field.