Remote Mental Health Therapist

Summary

Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis by working as a Mental Health Therapist in a 100% remote role. As a team-oriented and mission-driven therapist, you'll provide excellent care to elementary, middle, and high school students in partner school districts.

Requirements

• Must have… Passion for working in close partnership with schools on mental health
• Active license in IL to deliver mental health care (LCSW, LCPC, PhD/PsyD, etc.)
• Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing
• Experience delivering care via telehealth
• Strong technological skills and learning new systems, including Zoom, GSuite (Google Calendar, Gmail, etc.), electronic health record systems, and other collaboration tools
• Access to a reliable, high-speed internet connection (50 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload) You can test your internet speed at https://www.speedtest.net
• Excellent organization, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to offer hours both during and especially after a typical school day (e.g., 3-8 pm Central Time)

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
• Help to further build Cartwheel’s clinical programming and wonderful Care Team

Benefits

• Flexible and 100% remote role (10-20 hrs/week)
• Competitive compensation ($40-75/hour base hourly rate for Master’s-level clinicians, dependent on licensure, experience, language, etc.)
• Full-time roles include excellent health insurance, paid time off, and an ownership stake in the company