Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Reporting to the Manager, Virtual Opioid Dependency Program, the Clinical Supervisor, participates in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of opioid treatment services for youth and adults. This position also provides professional practice leadership in mental health and addictions (opioid addiction) including planning, coordination, implementation/training and evaluation of continuing professional development activities for clinical staff. The Clinical Supervisor provides individual clinical supervision for staff, promotes best practices and standards established by the relevant professional associations and VODP program. The successful applicant is an assertive, proactive individual with a strong foundation in youth and adult mental health and addictions, works in a fast-paced, positive team environment that requires knowledge of quality improvement/evaluation, processes, data analytics and reporting. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Description:
As a Clinical Supervisor, you will provide clinical supervision for a discipline, practice area or service sector supporting clinicians to provide excellence in professional practice and enable quality, patient and family-centered care. In this clinical leadership role, you will provide clinical supervision to staff providing addiction and/or mental health services to individuals, families, and groups. This role involves supervision related to a range of assessment, mental health (psychosocial and psychological interventions), and other activities. You will be required to supervise regulated staff requiring supervision to meet the regulatory requirements for practice, and/or to unregulated staff providing the restricted activity of psychosocial intervention. This may include observing clinical sessions, reviewing clinical documentation and written reports, conducting team case consultations and offering support, and providing guidance and direction to clinical staff with challenging and urgent cases in a timely manner. In your role, you may work with members of the interdisciplinary team, psychiatrists and community partners in support of effective professional and collaborative practice. You may contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of mental health treatment services in a hospital setting or community. You may also identify and address gaps in clinical practice as well as facilitate addressing of system level gaps and risk management issues. You may provide support to leadership in the hiring, orientation and performance evaluation of clinical staff.

Transition Company:

Recovery Alberta

Classification:

Clinical Supervisor

Union:

HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program:

Virtual Opioid Dependency Program - Adult and Youth Teams

Primary Location:

Cent. Ctr for MH and Brain Inj

Location Details:

Eligible to work remotely within Alberta

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

05-DEC-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available:

05-JAN-2026

Temporary End Date:

31-DEC-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

10

Shift Pattern:

Days

Days Off:

Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary:

$46.44

Maximum Salary:

$60.78

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Master's degree in Psychology or Social Work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Active or eligible for full registration (not provisional) with the applicable regulatory college. A minimum of 5 years' experience in providing mental health assessment and intervention, including restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.

Additional Required Qualifications:

A combination of related education and experience may be considered in the following programs; Bachelor of Social Work including training and experience in mental health assessment and psychotherapy and authorized by ACSW with a Psychosocial Intervention Authorization. Diploma or Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing with: Related Master's degree including training in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy or, experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy. Minimum of 4 years of relevant mental health experience. Strong working knowledge of the addiction and mental health system across the province and the ability to locate resources that may be useful for callers based on clinical judgement. Advanced skills in assessment and intervention for individuals of all ages with addiction and mental health concerns, including crisis intervention skills. Strong knowledge of mental health and substance use concerns. Excellent keyboarding skills of minimum 60 wpm and proficient in MS Office Suite (Outlook, Excel), Zoom, Genesis etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

Working knowledge of Trauma Informed Care, working knowledge of Motivational Interviewing. 3 years' experience working with individuals with Addictions and Mental Health issues. 3 years' experience in counselling. Experience working in an Opioid Agonist Treatment Program.