Freedom Quest Youth Services Society
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$46.00/hr
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Overview
Job Title: Clinical Supervisor
Reports to: Executive Director
Position Duration: permanent (3-month probation)
Hours/week: 8 hours/week
Hourly wage: $46/hour
Vacation: 8% accrual
Office Location(s): Castlegar BC
Position Summary
The Clinical Supervisor 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.
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
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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
Position Overview
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
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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
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Skills
Clinical Supervision
Youth Substance Use Treatment
Trauma-Informed Care
Crisis Management
Risk Assessment
Family Therapy
Harm Reduction
Cultural Safety
Case Management
Clinical Leadership
Behavioral Interventions
Systemic Interventions
Conflict Resolution
Quality Assurance
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Clinical Reasoning