Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - PA / Remote at Cartwheel summary:

As a Mental Health Therapist at Cartwheel, you will work remotely to provide teletherapy and mental health assessments for students in partner school districts. Your role involves collaborating with school staff to improve mental health support systems and guiding students through their mental health journey while fostering strong relationships with families and caregivers. Your expertise will contribute to earlier intervention and engage students and families in their mental health care.

Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis.

Kids spend most of their days in the classroom. And teachers and staff, who play a vital role in their development, are often the first to notice when something is off. But with 1 in 5 young people struggling with mental health, schools are getting crushed by a downward spiral in student crises and staff burnout.

With large increases in federal funding for schools and the rise of telehealth, schools are reimagining what mental health support can look like.

Cartwheel is an early-stage company building a new kind of mental health program that puts schools at the center. We see our role as supporting on-campus counselors, psychologists, and school social workers who see kids every single day. Instead of going around them, we collaborate with them. This means:

Earlier intervention
Higher student and family engagement in care
Better coordination among the trusted adults in a student's life

Kids shouldn't just aspire to get out of bed and drag themselves to class. They should be able to experience joy. They deserve to envision and build a life they're excited to live. If you join Cartwheel, you'll help make this vision a reality for millions of students across the country. We're backed by top investors including General Catalyst, BoxGroup, and Able Partners, and we're looking for scrappy, mission-driven teammates to join our team.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for team-oriented and mission-driven therapists to join our amazing and interdisciplinary care team of psychiatrists, therapists, and school health professionals. As aMental Health Therapist, you'll work directly with school staff, students, and families in our partner school districts to build stronger systems of mental health support.

Role type: 1099 independent contractor (10-20 hours per week)

Location: 100% remote

Specific Needs: Spanish speaking therapists

Start date: Rolling start dates throughout Winter 2024 and early 2025

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and teletherapy, to middle and high school students in Cartwheel's partner school districts (typically 2-4 months per student with possible extension up to 6 months)
Participate in case discussions with other Cartwheel team members
Support students and families with transition to community mental health and primary care providers
Build collaborative, trusted, and lasting relationships with school leadership, staff, students, and families. Meet regularly with school staff to discuss student mental health needs and develop strategies to improve school services.
Help lead mental health workshops and other programming for staff and families
Partner with school leadership on achieving their overall mental health vision
If interested, provide clinical supervision to other care team members

WHO YOU ARE

Must have…

Passion for working with schools on mental health
Active license in Pennsylvania to deliver mental health care (LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LPC, PhD/PsyD, etc.)
- Associate masters-level clinicians needing supervision are not being considered at this time, but may be in the future dependent on supervision capacity at Cartwheel
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)
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Excellent organization, communication, and teamwork skills
Ability to offer hours both during and especially after a typical school day (e.g., 3-8 pm Eastern Time)
NOTE: As long as you have an active Pennsylvania license, you can live and deliver care from anywhere in the United States

Extra credit…

Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese)
Experience with parent guidance
Active NPI number (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link. It takes about 2 to 4-weeks)
CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit this link. It takes about 3 to 4-days)
Excitement to join an early stage start-up and help bring Cartwheel to more students and school district

The above is a summary of the role, not an exhaustive list. If you think that you have most of the above but not everything, please apply. We'd love to hear from you.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE CARTWHEEL

At Cartwheel, you'll have an unmatched provider experience.

Flexible 100% remote role (10-20 hrs/week)
Competitive compensation ($45-75/hour base hourly rate for Master's-level clinicians, dependent on licensure type)
Full-time roles include excellent health insurance, paid time off, and an ownership stake in the company
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

Cartwheel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diverse backgrounds and perspectives and an inclusive work environment. We're committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or veteran status.

Keywords:

mental health therapist, teletherapy, school mental health, student support, remote mental health, psychotherapy, child and adolescent therapy, mental health assessments, collaborative care, counseling

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