This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and skilled addiction and mental health professional to be a member of the Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT). ACT provides assertive, client focused, culturally appropriate, evidenced-based, recovery-oriented care to adults experiencing severe and persistent mental illness, addictions and houselessness. The team works primarily with individuals whose illness presents a barrier to engagement in treatment. Clinical services are most often delivered through outreach services in the community, and in partnership and collaboration with clients, families, other AHS providers, inner city agencies, and community programs. Reporting to the Care Manager, the Clinical Supervisor functions in the context of the multi-disciplinary team. They will provide mentoring and supervision to the clinical team members and will be responsible to provide functional guidance to all ACT staff concerning their duties and professional development. In collaboration with the clinical nurse lead, they will coordinate clinical case reviews and develop, deliver, and evaluate education and orientation to staff. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of addiction and mental health disorders with experience in assessment, crisis intervention, and treatment for complex needs. This individual will be proficient at risk assessment and the disclosure and documentation of risk. They will also have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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.
- Classification: Clinical Supervisor
- Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
- Unit and Program: Assertive Community Treatment Team
- Primary Location: Edmonton Mental Health Clinic
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 27-JUL-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Full Time
- Date Available: 17-AUG-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: $50.74
- Maximum Salary: $66.41
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Psychology or Social Work. Active or eligible for full registration (not provisional) with College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) or the Alberta College of Social Work (ACSW). A minimum of 5 years' experience in providing mental health assessment and intervention, including restricted activity of psychosocial intervention.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Master’s degree in: Psychology, Social Work (clinical specialization with mental health assessment, psychotherapy training, & Psychosocial Intervention Authorization), Occupational Therapy (with mental health assessment & psychotherapy training/experience), or Nursing (Bachelor’s degree plus a related Master’s degree or significant experience in mental health assessment & psychotherapy). Master’s degree preferred. Active registration or eligibility for registration with the applicable regulatory college is required. Minimum 5 years of clinical Addiction/Mental Health (AMH) experience, including providing clinical guidance/mentorship/acting-lead responsibilities. 2-3 years of formal supervisory experience preferred. Demonstrated ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team, contribute to program development & emerging initiatives. Strong knowledge & skills in mental health assessment/crisis intervention/treatment planning/brief solution-focused therapy (or equivalent)/ evidence-based assessment & treatment of mental illness & addiction. Proficiency in risk assessment, disclosure, & documentation of risk is essential. Excellent verbal/written communication skills are required. Current Basic Cardiac Life Support – Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP) certification is required. Must be physically able to ambulate, climb stairs, & move quickly without limitations in a variety of environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
Extensive knowledge of the resources of Addiction/Mental Health & the community. A strong understanding of client resources in the community & knowledge of mental health legislation including Community Treatment Orders is an asset. Demonstrated ability to work well with a range of community & agency stakeholders as well as clients & families. Experience providing clinical supervision on a multi-disciplinary team.
