Clinical Supervisor Addiction and Mental Health - Jobs in Athabasca, AB

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Your Opportunity:Enhancing community care options for Albertans continues to be a key priority for AHS. The goal of the Area 7 team is to provide high-quality diverse outpatient services as well as to support the long-term mental health and wellness of clients and their families. To move toward this goal, the Area 7 Addictions and Mental Health has an exciting opportunity for Mental Health Clinical Supervisor. The Clinical Supervisor participates in the planning, implementation and evaluation of mental health treatment services in the community. In this clinical leadership role, you will provide clinical supervision to staff providing mental health services to individuals, families, and groups. This role involves supervision related to a range of assessments, interventions and programming. Located in the town of Lac La Biche, this community is a beautiful lakefront hamlet on the edge of Alberta’s wilderness, located 220km NE of Edmonton. On your days off, you can take advantage of the Lakeland as you hike, bike, fish, camp, canoe or ski. Known for its abundant natural resources including oil & gas, forestry and agriculture, this vibrant community offers k-12 schools, a golf course, parks, and a beautiful new large recreation facility. There are also several cafes and eateries to find homemade baking and locally-sourced meats. If you’re looking for a relaxing pace of life, affordable land and housing and quick access to the outdoors, apply today! Over time, this position may evolve to include other program areas and geographic responsibilities, and/or other duties as required. Some travel will be required as the position supports AMH community-based services throughout the surrounding areas.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 Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Area 7, Mental Health
• Primary Location: Athabasca Comm & Mental Health
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 29-DEC-2022
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 08-JAN-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $45.53
• Maximum Salary: $59.59
• Vehicle Requirement: Drivers License, Vehicle Provided

Required Qualifications:Masters Degree in Psychology or Social Work or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable regulatory body. Must hold general registration prior to starting in the position. 5 years experience in providing mental health assessment and intervention, including restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.Additional Required Qualifications:Experience working in a rural/remote setting.Preferred Qualifications:Experience working with children and youth a strong asset. Experience working in rural/remote communities is preferred.Quick Apply

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