Supporting virtual teams and remote clinical supervision

Published: January 10, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the way community-based child and youth mental health and addictions agencies provide support to families. Many agencies are now delivering professional services through virtual visits and telephone, having rapidly transitioned to using online platforms and tools that allow service providers to work from home. This sudden adjustment to a new way of working brings novel challenges for supervisors and teams. This document offers key considerations for supervisors supporting virtual teams and for remote clinical supervision as well as a short list of links for additional reading. Note: The content and resources shared in this document weren’t collected through an exhaustive search or systematic review and reflect information available at the time of writing.