Remote Mental Health Therapist

Summary

Join Cartwheel as a Mental Health Therapist to provide teletherapy services to elementary, middle, and high school students in partner school districts. Collaborate with school staff, families, and other professionals to enhance student mental health care. Flexible hours, competitive compensation, and opportunities for professional growth are offered.

Requirements

• Passion for working in close partnership with schools on mental health
• Active license in MA to deliver mental health care (LCSW/LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, or PhD/PsyD)
• Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing
• Experience delivering care via telehealth
• Excellent organization, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to deliver care during our peak hours (Mon-Fri 3-8 pm ET and Sat 8-5)

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and skills-based teletherapy, to elementary, middle, and high school students in Cartwheel’s partner school districts (typically 2-4 months per student with possible extension up to 6 months)
• Collaborate closely with referring school counselors and other relevant providers at start of treatment and over the course of a student’s care journey (including through regular phone calls, emails, and virtual meetings)
• Build trusted relationships with school staff and families to support a student’s mental health needs, school engagement, and engagement with school-based services, as applicable
• Provide regular psychoeducation and support to parents and caregivers to enhance a student’s mental health needs and individual therapy work
• Collaborate with Cartwheel MDs/NPs on treatment planning, care delivery, and transition planning over a student’s care journey
• Partner with the External Referrals team to support the identification of referrals to community mental health and primary care providers
• Have the opportunity to participate in case consultations and discussions with other Cartwheel team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese)
• Experience working in a shorter-term model of care delivery (e.g., 2 weeks to 6 months)
• Experience with parent guidance
• Active NPI number (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link: https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/#/. It takes about 2 to 4-weeks)
• CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit this link: https://www.caqh.org/providers. It takes about 3 to 4-days)
• Active CANS certificate (will need your CANS certificate before start date, you can read more here: https://masscans.ehs.state.ma.us/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/Default.aspx)

Benefits

• Flexible and up to 100% remote role (10-20 hrs/week)
• Competitive compensation ($55-90/hour compensation for Master’s-level clinicians, dependent on licensure, experience, language, etc.)
• Team-based care model with mission-driven colleagues
• Administrative support from our experienced, full-time Care Coordinators so you can focus on delivering care
• Opportunities beyond clinical care, including working closely with schools on staff support, workshops, and other programming