Mental Health Therapist

Summary

Join Cartwheel's founding Arizona clinical team and help address the student mental health crisis. Cartwheel is developing a novel mental health program for children, collaborating directly with schools. As a Mental Health Therapist, you will provide teletherapy and assessments to PreK-12 students and school staff. This is a 100% remote, full-time, salaried W2 position with a rolling start date beginning January 2025. You will build strong support systems and collaborate with school staff, students, and families. Cartwheel offers a competitive salary and benefits package.

Requirements

• Passion for working with schools on mental health and growing a startup company
• Active license in New York to deliver mental health care (LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, or PhD/PsyD). At this time, only independently licensed clinicians are being considered
• Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing
• Experience delivering mental health services to children and youth via telehealth. We use Zoom, GSuite (Google Calendar, Gmail, etc.), electronic health record systems, and other collaboration tools
• Access to reliable, high-speed internet (50 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload, you can test your internet speed at https://www.speedtest.net/ )
• Excellent organization, communication, and teamwork skills
• Ability to offer hours during and especially after school (e.g., 3-8 pm Eastern Time, Saturdays)
• Ability to provide effective and safe care to children and adults, including ability to manage crisis situations virtually

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and teletherapy, to PreK-12 students and school staff in Cartwheel’s partner school districts (typically 2-4 months per student with extension based on clinical need and clinician’s judgment)
• Participate in case discussions with other Cartwheel team members
• Support students and families with transition to community care providers
• Build collaborative, trusted, and lasting relationships with school leadership, staff, students, and families. Meet and communicate regularly with school staff
• If qualified and interested, provide clinical supervision to other care team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portugese)
• Experience with parent guidance
• Active license(s) in one or more of our active states (AZ, CO, CT, GA, IL, IN, MA, NJ, OH, PA, RI, WI)
• Qualified to provide clinical supervision in New York
• Active NPI number (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link . It takes 2-4 weeks)
• CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit this link . It takes 3-4 days)

Benefits

• $53,000 - $90,000+ in total cash compensation dependent on experience and licensure
• Includes $53,000 - $61,000 base salary dependent on experience and language capabilities
• PLUS Meaningful care contribution bonus for clinicians providing more than 20 clinical hours of care per week, often in the range of $10,000-$40,000 per year (and possibly higher)
• PLUS up to 5% Cartwheel Mission Bonus paid quarterly based on the % of students you see who have Medicaid, are uninsured, or speak a non-English language
• Equity ownership stake in the company
• High-quality health insurance with a $0 monthly premium option for employees
• Dental, Vision, and Employer-Sponsored Life Insurance
• 4 weeks of paid PTO (3 weeks any time + 1 week office closure in December)
• Sick Leave + Holidays
• 401K with 2% employer match
• Free cross-licensure opportunities
• Access to free online accredited continuing education and a CEU stipend
• Administrative support from our experienced, full-time Care Coordinators, and optional access to an AI-enabled medical scribe that saves you hours of documentation time (this is used and loved by the majority of Cartwheel clinicians!)
• Team-based care model with mission-driven colleagues
• Opportunities beyond clinical care, including working closely with schools on staff support, workshops, and other programming