Clinical Supervisor - Mental Health and Addiction Services

Recovery Alberta; Fort McMurray; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Housing support

Recruitment incentive up to $60,000

Fort McMurray Allowance up to $12,480

Job summary

Recovery Alberta seeks a Clinical Supervisor AMH CL to lead a multidisciplinary team in Wood Buffalo, supporting clinicians delivering addiction and mental health services across rural communities. The role emphasizes clinical supervision, quality improvement, and program development within a community-oriented model.

The position requires a Master’s degree in Psychology or Social Work, active regulatory registration, and at least 5 years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Psychology or Social Work; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Active or eligible for full registration with the applicable regulatory college.
• Minimum 5 years' experience in providing mental health assessment and intervention, including restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision for a discipline, practice area or service sector.
• Supervise and support clinical staff, including observation of sessions and review of documentation.
• Conduct team case consultations and offer guidance for challenging cases.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team and community partners to improve service planning and evaluation.
• Support hiring, orientation, and performance evaluation of clinical staff.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Mental health assessment

Intervention techniques

Leadership

Program development

Education

Master's degree in Psychology

Master's degree in Social Work

Equivalent education/experience

Job description

Build connections, support communities, and explore the North. This is an opportunity to step into a leadership role where your clinical experience and judgment genuinely shape how mental health care is delivered. As the Clinical Supervisor, you’ll support a dedicated interdisciplinary team, foster a culture of learning, and help strengthen practice across Mental Health and Addiction services. You’ll have the space to influence service quality, guide emerging clinicians, and contribute to program development in a community that values collaboration and innovation. Fort McMurray offers short commutes, a strong sense of community, and exceptional year-round recreation, making it an appealing choice for leaders seeking meaningful work, professional growth, and a balanced lifestyle. This role also offers the opportunity to travel throughout the region and connect with diverse rural communities. Employees in this position enjoy the variety that comes with community travel, with a Recovery Alberta vehicle provided for work-related travel. The role requires flexibility to work evenings as needed, with eligible evening hours attracting shift differential premiums.

You’ll join a service that values thoughtful leadership and recognizes the important role supervisors play in supporting both staff success and positive client outcomes. This position may be eligible for relocation assistance and housing support, pending availability and approval and may qualify for a recruitment incentive of up to $60,000, based on the length of Return for Service. Please see https://www.rcif-hsaa.ca/ for more info. In addition to a competitive rate of pay, Recovery Alberta currently has a Fort McMurray Allowance in place to an annual maximum of $12,480. This allowance is non-pensionable and is payable on an hourly basis for all hours paid at the basic rate of pay.

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. Supervision may be provided to regulated staff, those requiring supervision to meet 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.

• Classification: Clinical Supervisor AMH CL
• Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
• Unit and Program: Wood Buffalo Addictions & Mental Health Services
• Primary Location: Wood Buffalo AMH
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 05-NOV-2026
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 16-NOV-2026
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $50.74
• Maximum Salary: $66.41
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Provided

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 valid Class V driver's license and willingness to travel to rural communities. Availability to work evenings as required. Completion of one of the following programs will also be considered: Master's degree in Psychiatric Nursing. Master's degree in Nursing. Master's degree in Occupational Therapy. Full Registration with respective regulatory College under the Health Professions Act, including authorization to perform psychosocial interventions. Minimum 5 years of experience with providing individual and group psychotherapy using evidenced-based modalities required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience providing clinical supervision to regulated and unregulated service providers. Training in clinical supervision, leadership development, or quality improvement. Experience contributing to program development, service evaluation, or risk management initiatives. Familiarity with provincial Mental Health and Addiction priorities, outcome-based service delivery, and electronic clinical documentation systems