Join us as Clinical Supervisor! 

Overview

Job Title: Clinical Supervisor
Reports to: Executive Director
Position Duration: permanent (3-month probation)
Hours/week: 34 hours/week
  • 8 hours/week (Clinical Supervisor)
  • 26 hours/week (Youth Substance Use & Family Counsellor)
Hourly wage: $44.50/hour
Vacation: 8% accrual
Benefits: Full benefits paid by employer, 5% RRSP Contribution (following probation)
Office Location(s): Trail & Castlegar BC

Position Summary

The Clinical Supervisor is a dual-role position combining direct clinical service delivery (26 hours/week) as a Youth Substance Use and Family Counsellor with expanded clinical supervision responsibilities (8 hours/week). This expanded supervisory role (total 34 hours/week) ensures quality service delivery, adherence to evidence-based practices, and compliance with federal and provincial best practice guidelines across both community-based substance use services and residential stabilization care, while maintaining an active clinical caseload.

Key Competencies​

Clinical Leadership
  • Ability to inspire and guide clinical teams toward excellence across different service contexts
  • Strong mentorship and coaching skills adaptable to different clinical roles and programs
  • Capacity to balance supportive supervision with accountability across multiple supervisees
  • Skilled in providing constructive feedback and performance guidance
  • Ability to model best practices in both substance use services and trauma-informed residential care
  • Understanding of the unique demands and challenges of both community-based and residential clinical work
 
Clinical Excellence
  • Expertise in youth substance use assessment and treatment
  • Understanding of child and youth trauma, behavioural interventions, and crisis stabilization
  • Skilled in family therapy and systemic interventions
  • Ability to engage hard-to-reach youth and families
  • Strong crisis management and risk assessment capabilities across different contexts
  • Advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making abilities
 
Relationship Building
  • Ability to create warm, authentic, and trusting relationships with youth, children, families, and colleagues
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Capacity to work collaboratively with diverse partners across multiple service systems
  • Skilled in conflict resolution and difficult conversations
  • Strong team-building abilities within and across programs
 
Cultural Responsiveness
  • Commitment to cultural safety, humility, and anti-racism
  • Understanding of distinctions-based approaches for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples
  • Respect for intersectionality including age, gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, abilities, belief, and socioeconomic status
  • Ability to support staff in providing culturally appropriate services across different settings
 
Systems Thinking and Coordination
  • Understanding of service delivery across regional community-based models and residential settings
  • Ability to coordinate care across multiple sites, programs, and communities
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Capacity to see connections between individual clinical work and broader program goals
  • Skilled in facilitating collaboration between team members, programs, and community partners
  • Understanding of how different service systems interface (Interior Health, MCFD, community services)
 
Adaptability and Innovation
  • Flexible approach to supervision across different service contexts
  • Creative problem-solving abilities
  • Openness to emerging best practices and new research
  • Ability to support staff through change and uncertainty
  • Commitment to continuous quality improvement
  • Capacity to balance the unique needs of different programs while maintaining consistent clinical standards
 
Professional Accountability
  • Strong ethical compass and professional integrity
  • Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries in dual clinical and supervisory role
  • Commitment to self-care and modeling healthy work-life balance
  • Reflective practice and ongoing self-assessment
  • Transparency in decision-making and communication
  • Ability to manage confidentiality across multiple programs and teams
 
Working Conditions
  • Services delivered at flexible locations based on participant needs and mutual safety for substance use counselling work
  • Supervision conducted in-person, virtually, or in combination as appropriate across both programs
  • Regular travel to the Boundary region to supervise one of the two Youth Substance Use and Family Counsellors
  • Regular presence at the residential stabilization care home for supervision, observation, and consultation
  • May include occasional evening hours to meet youth, family, team, and program needs
  • Requires balancing clinical caseload with supervisory responsibilities across two distinct programs
  • Office space and technology support provided for supervision activities
 
Supervision and Reporting
  • Reports to Executive Director
  • Receives clinical consultation from external supervisor or peer consultation group as appropriate
  • Provides supervision to:
    • Two Youth Substance Use and Family Counsellors (substance use services program)
    • One Clinical Counsellor/Behavioural Therapist (stabilization care program)
  • Collaborates with:
    • Interior Health contract managers on youth substance use clinical service delivery matters
    • MCFD representatives regarding stabilization care clinical services
    • Residence Coordinator and Residence Manager regarding residential program integration
    • Participates in organizational leadership team meetings as required

Dual Role Responsibilities

A. Direct Service Delivery (26 hours/week)
The Clinical Supervisor maintains an active clinical caseload and performs all duties outlined in the Youth Substance Use and Family Counsellor job description, including:
  • Providing comprehensive assessments and psychosocial interventions for youth with moderate to severe substance use concerns
  • Developing participant-centered collaborative care plans in partnership with youth and families/caregivers
  • Delivering individual, family, and group counselling using evidence-informed therapeutic approaches
  • Providing outreach services and meeting youth in flexible community locations
  • All other clinical, administrative, and program responsibilities as detailed in the Youth Substance Use and Family Counsellor position
 
B. Clinical Supervision (8 hours/week)
 
Clinical Leadership and Oversight

Youth Substance Use Services Team (4.5 hours/week)
  • Provide regular clinical supervision for two Youth Substance Use and Family Counsellors: 32 hours/week (West Kootenay North) and 32 hours/week (Boundary)
  • Ensure services are delivered by competent staff and trained clinicians in alignment with federal and provincial best practice guidelines for youth substance use services
  • Monitor quality of clinical interventions and adherence to evidence-informed practices including harm reduction, recovery-oriented care, and youth-centered approaches
  • Review and provide guidance on complex cases involving concurrent disorders, high-risk situations, or challenging family dynamics
  • Support staff in clinical decision-making and treatment planning specific to youth substance use concerns
 
Stabilization Care Clinical Team (3.5 hours/week)
  • Provide clinical supervision to the Clinical Counsellor/Behavioural Therapist (30 hours/week position)
  • Ensure integration of clinical counselling and behavioural interventions within the SHSS Service Plans
  • Monitor quality of therapeutic and behavioural interventions in the residential stabilization setting
  • Review complex cases involving trauma, severe behavioural challenges, mental health crises, and transition planning
  • Support integration of harm reduction and trauma-informed approaches in residential care
  • Ensure alignment between stabilization care clinical services and community-based supports
 
Cross-Program Clinical Leadership
  • Facilitate consultation and knowledge-sharing between substance use services and stabilization care teams when appropriate
  • Identify opportunities for integrated care when youth/families access both programs
  • Ensure consistent application of trauma-informed, culturally safe, and strengths-based practices across both programs
  • Monitor adherence to Freedom Quest's clinical standards and values across all supervised programs
 
Case Consultation and Review
 
Youth Substance Use Services
  • Conduct collaborative case reviews for participants receiving services beyond 6 months
  • Provide consultation on cases involving concurrent mental health and substance use disorders
  • Review collaborative care plans to ensure they are participant-centered and goal-oriented
  • Support care plan development for challenging or complex youth substance use cases
  • Facilitate case conferences and ensure coordination of care across the counselling team
 
Stabilization Care Program
  • Provide consultation on SHSS Service Plans, particularly regarding clinical interventions and behavioural planning
  • Review functional behavioural assessments and positive behaviour support plans
  • Support integration of clinical and behavioural approaches for children/youth in crisis
  • Provide guidance on transition planning and community reintegration strategies
  • Consult on cases involving complex trauma, attachment difficulties, and severe behavioural challenges
 
Professional Development and Training
 
Across Both Programs
  • Assess ongoing training and professional development needs of all supervised clinicians
  • Facilitate team learning opportunities and knowledge sharing within and across programs
  • Mentor staff in developing clinical competencies and specialized skills relevant to their programs
  • Support implementation of new evidence-based practices and interventions appropriate to each service context
  • Ensure staff maintain current knowledge of harm reduction (substance use services) and trauma-informed practice (stabilization care)
  • Coordinate or deliver training on topics relevant to both programs (e.g., trauma-informed care, cultural safety, crisis intervention)
 
Quality Assurance and Compliance
 
Program-Specific Standards
  • Monitor adherence to Interior Health contract requirements for youth substance use services
  • Ensure compliance with MCFD service expectations for Low-Barrier Short-Term Stabilization Care
  • Review clinical documentation for accuracy, completeness, and compliance across both programs
  • Ensure appropriate use of standardized screening tools and outcome measures in substance use services
  • Monitor completion and quality of SHSS Service Plans and transition planning documentation
 
Cross-Program Quality
  • Identify quality improvement opportunities across both clinical programs
  • Support implementation of quality improvement initiatives
  • Ensure services reflect principles of recovery-orientation, harm reduction, youth/child-centeredness, and cultural safety
  • Monitor that both programs uphold Freedom Quest's values and clinical standards
 
Team Coordination and Communication
 
Youth Substance Use Services Team
  • Facilitate regular team meetings to promote collaboration and information sharing among the three counsellors
  • Support coordination of services across the West Kootenay Boundary region
  • Ensure effective communication and warm handovers between team members
  • Promote collaborative problem-solving and mutual support within the substance use team
 
Stabilization Care Integration
  • Meet regularly with the Clinical Counsellor/Behavioural Therapist for supervision and consultation
  • Support coordination between clinical services and residential care team (Residential Child/Youth Workers, Residence Coordinator)
  • Facilitate communication between stabilization care clinical staff and community-based services (CYMH, CYSN)
  • Ensure clinical and behavioural interventions are integrated effectively in the residential environment
 
Cross-Program Coordination
  • Liaise with Interior Health contract managers regarding youth substance use clinical service delivery
  • Collaborate with MCFD regarding stabilization care clinical services
  • Facilitate communication between programs when appropriate (e.g., when youth transition between services)
  • Support organizational leadership in understanding clinical needs and priorities across both programs
 
Risk Management and Crisis Response
 
Across Both Programs
  • Provide guidance and support during crisis situations in either program
  • Ensure appropriate risk assessment and safety planning protocols are followed
  • Support staff in managing vicarious trauma and maintaining healthy boundaries
  • Address clinical concerns or ethical issues that arise in service delivery
  • Ensure incident reporting and follow-up procedures are properly implemented in both programs
  • Provide after-hours consultation for urgent clinical matters as needed
 
Program Development Support
 
Strategic Clinical Input
  • Contribute clinical expertise to program evaluation and strategic planning for both programs
  • Support implementation of services informed by youth/children with lived and living experience
  • Provide input on program policies, procedures, and best practices across both service areas
  • Collaborate with leadership on service development and enhancement initiatives
  • Identify opportunities for integration or collaboration between programs where appropriate

Knowledge Skills, and Abilities
Education
  • Master's degree in a relevant healthcare field such as social work, psychology, nursing, or equivalent (REQUIRED)
  • Additional training or certification in clinical supervision is preferred
 
Experience
  • Minimum two (3) years of clinical experience working in child and youth mental health services
  • Minimum two (3) years of experience working in substance use services
  • Minimum two (2) years of supervisory or leadership experience in a clinical setting
  • Experience providing a wide range of community-based mental health and substance use services
  • Experience in residential or intensive care settings is preferred
  • Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams, geographically dispersed staff, or across multiple programs is an asset
  • Demonstrated experience with youth-centered, harm reduction approaches
  • Demonstrated experience working with LBGTQ2S+ youth and their families
  • Experience and confidence driving in all seasons

Knowledge and Skills
  • Advanced knowledge of best-practice approaches to youth substance use interventions
  • Expertise in clinical supervision models and practices
  • Strong understanding of concurrent disorders and integrated treatment approaches
  • Proficiency in evidence-informed therapeutic modalities
  • Ability to work from a biopsychosocial-spiritual lens within an ecological framework
  • Expert knowledge of trauma-informed and culturally safe practice principles
  • Deep understanding of harm reduction principles and recovery-oriented care
  • Strong assessment, crisis intervention, and case management skills
  • Strong critical thinking and clinical judgment skills
  • Knowledge of professional ethics and clinical standards
  • Understanding of federal and provincial best practice guidelines for youth substance use services
  • Willingness to engage in life-long learning and self-reflexivity practices to understand Indigenous worldviews and the important role of culture in facilitating healing.
  • Recognition that colonization continues to impact the health and wellness of Indigenous Peoples. This includes recognizing the role of trauma and offering trauma-informed care.
  • Competence in budget management and financial tracking
  • Proficiency in data collection, analysis, and report writing
  • Strong organizational and time management abilities
 
Other Requirements
  • Valid BC Class V Driver’s License (REQUIRED)
  • Satisfactory Driver’s Abstract (REQUIRED)
  • Satisfactory Driver Factor Report (REQUIRED)
  • Valid First Aid and CPR Certification (REQUIRED)
  • Reliable Vehicle with appropriate insurance coverage (REQUIRED)
  • Satisfactory Criminal Record Check for working with children and vulnerable adults (REQUIRED)
  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASSET)
  • Current registration with relevant professional regulatory body (e.g., BCCSW, BCACC) (PREFERRED)
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development in both clinical practice and supervision (REQUIRED)