CERTIFIED CLINICAL SUPERVISOR NON-RECIPROCAL

REQUIREMENTS  

You are not required to be certified at the ICADC level to be a Certified Clinical Supervisor.  This certification is not reciprocal with other IC&RC member boards.

Work Experience

The applicant must have, within the past seven years, a combination of counselling and clinical supervision experience totaling 5 years (10,000 hours), with no less than 2 years (4,000 hours) of clinical supervision experience.

Education

The applicant must have 30 documented hours of education in clinical supervision.  This must be in the performance domains for any or all of the following: Assessment and Evaluation, Counsellor Development, Professional Responsibility, and Management/Administration.

PROCEDURES

Having met the basic requirements the candidate will:

1.   Submit a Portfolio Application that outlines work experience, education, supervised clinical training, a signed Canon of Ethics and the applicable administrative fee;

2.   Pass a written examination based on the Twelve Core Functions that has been approved by the IC&RC.

RE-CERTIFICATION

The C.C.S. must be re-certified every 2 years by submitting proof of 40 C.A.C.C.F. approved continuing education hours. Of these 40 hours, 28 hours must be core addiction specific training.