Being an Effective Leader: Optimizing Your Healthcare Team

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About the Course 

Mental health professionals, such as social workers and licensed professional counselors play a crucial role in promoting well-being and addressing mental health issues within diverse populations. As they ascend to leadership positions, their influence extends beyond individual client care to shaping organizational practices and policies. This course will delve into essential topics for mental health professionals in leadership roles, including coaching, providing feedback, onboarding process and anti-oppressive onboarding, retaining employees, optimizing team talent, and key leadership qualities. Understanding these aspects is vital for effective leadership in healthcare settings, where the complexities of mental health care require compassionate, strategic, and skilled leaders to ensure high-quality services, foster professional development, and create supportive work environments.

Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: 

  • Define roles and qualifications of leadership for social workers and professional counselors. 
  • Determine effective onboarding and anti-oppressive hiring processes. 
  • Discuss the benefits of coaching and methods of providing constructive feedback.  
  • Implement team building strategies and principles to optimize team performance and cohesion. 
  • Analyze effective leadership qualities.  

About the Author/Presenter 

Anne Horgan, LCSW, completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) with a major in psychology and minors in sociology and education. She went on to obtain her master’s degree at the University of Chicago Social Service Administration program. Anne is currently an EMDR-trained mental health therapist in the state of Oregon. She carries 15 years of experience in several areas including emergency department/crisis work, medical social work and hospital management, psychotherapy, PHP and IOP therapy, community mental health, and work with populations including but not limited to depressive disorders, anxiety and panic, PTSD, postpartum mental health, self-esteem/identity conflicts, psychosis, mania, adjustment issues, parenting, substance use, relationship conflicts, and loss. Anne is also a board-approved clinical supervisor and provides clinical supervision to social work and professional counselor associates toward licensure.

How to Receive Credit  

  • Read the entire course online or in print which requires a 3-hour commitment of time.
  • After completion of the course, complete the final examination. A passing grade of 75% is required. Test questions link content to learning outcomes as a method to enhance individualized learning and material retention.
  • Provide required personal information and payment information.
  • Complete the mandatory course evaluation.
  • Print your Certificate of Completion. 

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by visiting our Contact Us page. (https://www.elitelearning.com/contact-us/)

Identification, Mitigation, and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Sponsorship/Commercial Support and Non-Endorsement

It is the policy of Colibri not to accept commercial support. Furthermore, commercial interests are prohibited from distributing or providing access to this activity to learners.

Disclaimer

The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a healthcare provider relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition.

©2024: All Rights Reserved. Materials may not be reproduced without the expressed written permission or consent of Colibri Healthcare, LLC. The materials presented in this course are meant to provide the consumer with general information on the topics covered. The information provided was prepared by professionals with practical knowledge of the areas covered. It is not meant to provide medical, legal, or professional advice. Colibri Healthcare, LLC recommends that you consult a medical, legal, or professional services expert licensed in your state. Colibri Healthcare, LLC has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that all content provided in this course is accurate and up to date at the time of printing but does not represent or warrant that it will apply to your situation nor circumstances and assumes no liability from reliance on these materials. Quotes are collected from customer feedback surveys. The models are intended to be representative and not actual customers.

Accreditations and Approvals 

Colibri Healthcare, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6341. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Colibri Healthcare, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Colibri Healthcare, LLC (formerly Elite Professional Education, LLC), Provider Number 1147, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 5/5/2023 - 5/5/2026.