Child & Online Safety Expert

SaidGig; New York (NY); Remote; USD 69,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

SaidGig is seeking a licensed mental-health professional to shape AI safety tools for youth. You will apply clinical crisis-care expertise to develop a mental-health safety evaluation framework for vulnerable online youth, influencing how AI systems learn, reason, and respond safely.

Remote contract engagement with compensation of $50 to $90 per hour. Senior contributors with 8–20 years of experience in adolescent mental health are welcome to apply, with impact across digital environments and

Qualifications

• Experience translating clinical concepts into actionable safety guidelines.
• Ability to evaluate online content for risk related to youth mental health.
• Experience with crisis-response frameworks and clinical best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop taxonomies for self-harm and related mental-health risks in digital contexts.
• Set best-practice standards for digital youth mental health safety.
• Create detection frameworks to identify harmful online content for minors.
• Design escalation protocols for at-risk individuals in online environments.
• Ground evaluation benchmarks in current research and clinical practice.
• Provide expertise on CSAM-adjacent policy and online exploitation dynamics.
• Deliver actionable feedback to inform AI safety tool development.

Skills

Clinical risk assessment

Crisis-care experience

Written communication

Verbal communication

Policy evaluation

Education

Advanced degree or certification in mental health

Job description

Role Overview

Help shape AI safety tools for young people by applying clinical, crisis-care, and online child-safety expertise to a high-impact project. You will develop a mental-health safety evaluation framework for vulnerable youth in digital environments, contributing real-world input that helps AI systems learn, reason, and respond more safely. Prior AI experience is not required.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop taxonomies for self-harm, suicide prevention, eating disorders, and emotional dependency in digital contexts.
• Set best-practice standards for digital support and clinical safety involving youth and adolescent mental health.
• Create detection frameworks to identify, flag, and evaluate harmful online content or advice related to mental-health crises affecting minors.
• Design and refine clinical response rubrics and escalation protocols for at-risk individuals in digital environments.
• Work with project leads to ground evaluation benchmarks and guidelines in current research and clinical best practices.
• Provide expertise on CSAM-adjacent policy and online exploitation dynamics to strengthen digital child-safety protocols.
• Deliver clear, actionable written and verbal feedback that informs the continued development of AI safety tools and frameworks.

Qualifications

• Licensed therapist, psychiatrist, clinician, or mental-health professional with direct crisis-care experience.
• At least 5 years of focused experience in adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, eating-disorder intervention, or a related field. Senior contributors with 8 to 20 years of experience are welcome.
• Demonstrated expertise in clinical risk assessment and intervention in digital or online settings.
• Advanced degree, specialized certification, or equivalent operational experience in mental-health or child-safety domains.
• Experience evaluating or implementing CSAM-adjacent policies, or supporting child online-exploitation prevention initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to make complex information clear for varied audiences.
• A credible, established record of impact in clinical, crisis-response, or safety-evaluation communities.

Work Terms

Remote contract engagement.Independent contractor role.Compensation$50 to $90 per hour.