Director of Supervision & Development

Huron-Perth Centre for Children and Youth

The Opportunity:

Position: Director of Staff Supervision and Professional Development Location: Offices in Stratford, Clinton and Listowel, serving Huron and Perth counties; Remote and work from home options as well Type: Full-time, salaried position ($86, 196.20 - $106, 342.60), 35 hours per week

Who We Are:

Vision: Healthy relationships and wellness for all in our community

Mission: Supporting children, youth, and families* on their mental health journey

Values: Positive Relationships; Stronger Together; Dignity and Self-Worth; Equity; Belonging; Hope

Strategic Plan 2023-2027:

*By family we mean the group of people in an individual’s life that provides the typical role of family as a support system

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The Huron-Perth Centre is an accredited child and youth mental health Centre mandated to provide services to children and youth from birth to the age of eighteen, including caregivers, parents and families. We are a small organization, nestled in a beautiful mix of rural, urban and beach surroundings with several hiking trails nearby.

Funded by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, we are the Lead Agency for Huron and Perth, responsible for the delivery of child and youth mental health core services, collaborative service planning as well as providing youth justice, violence against women and services dedicated to child welfare.

As we approach our 50th anniversary, we have much to celebrate. A strong clinical team, a new strategic plan, refreshed organizational structure, updated salary grid and a innovative, supportive board of Directors. Our community partners are engaged, collaborative and responsive.

Our work is informed and supported provincially by Children’s Mental Health Ontario, the Lead Agency Consortium, the Knowledge Institute for Child and Youth Mental Health and the Infant and Early Years Mental Health Promotion team at Sick Kids Toronto.

Our new structure, in alignment with our strategic directions, sets the foundation for a strong, stable, efficient, and effective organization that can meet the needs of our clients, collaborate with our community and keep pace with the changes in child and youth mental health.

Who We Are Seeking:

To support our strategic directions and complement our leadership team, we are seeking someone with the following:

• A keen interest in child and youth mental health needs, and experience in the child and youth mental health sector

• Strong clinical social work or psychotherapy experience with children, youth, families and community.

• Knowledge of, and experience providing evidence informed and evidence-based interventions to ensure positive child and youth mental health outcomes

• Clinical supervision experience, both individual and group
• Experience with the creation of professional development plans with staff and a

foundational understanding of the development experience
• Leadership experience and comfort supporting staff with supervision and other

needs that may impact performance

• Experience in performance reviews and performance management
• A perspective on service delivery and staff development that is relational, trauma

informed and in alignment with principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization.

What You will Do:

As the Director of Staff Supervision and Professional Development, you will:

• Provide Leadership to the Centre’s clinical supervision model

• Provide clinical supervision to all clinical staff

• Contribute to staff KPI’s and performance reviews

• Participate in the formulation of goals, objectives and strategic planning related to the provision of quality client services

• Contribute to decisions regarding staffing allocation among programs and locations

• Contribute to policy development and implementation

• Utilize client database and data dashboards to monitor client journey, volume, caseloads, workloads, and overall client needs to ensure the right service at the right time

• Ensure that HPC’s employees, policies and systems embrace diversity and equity and respond respectfully and effectively to people of all cultures, classes, races, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, and faiths and religions in a manner that recognizes, affirms, and values the worth of individuals, family/guardians and communities.

How You Will be Supported:

As a member of the Leadership Team, you will be supported and supervised by the Executive Director while collaborating with the other members of the team: the Director of Programs and Services; the Business Manager and the Executive Assistant/HR Generalist.

Our leadership team meets weekly for a check-in and every other week for a 3-hour meeting. We have access to various consultants in Human Resources, Organizational Health, EDI, and Organizational Effectiveness, as required, to support our leadership team, our annual work plan, and our capacity to meet our strategic directions.

What We Offer:

• An opportunity to work with the board, the staff, the leadership team and the community to shape and influence the organization’s capacity to live out its values, its purpose and the implementation of its strategic directions

• An opportunity to truly develop the role of Director of Supervision; to evolve the position in collaboration with the clinical and leadership team

• A workplace environment that is supportive, open, flexible, encouraging, creative, connected, empowering and in alignment with our shared values

• A flexible schedule; 20 days of vacation; 5 lieu days; remote or work from home options; sick time accrual; inclement weather arrangements

• Office closure between Christmas and New Years Day

• Competitive salary and benefits: 5% RSP with Centre matching; health package including dental, vision, prescriptions, allied health services; Employee Assistance program

Interested in Joining our Team?

Please send us your resume and cover letter outlining the following:

• Why you want to join our team
• Why child and youth mental health is important to you
• What skills and attributes you would bring to this Director position

Please email your cover letter and resume to careers@hpcentre.on.ca Applications will be received until Sunday August 24th, 2025

Huron-Perth Centre values diversity and inclusion in our workforce and our services. We believe that diverse perspectives and backgrounds enrich our performance, our communities, and our employees’ lives. If you need any accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact (careers@hpcentre.on.ca) We appreciate the interest of all applicants, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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