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Cartwheel; Cambridge (MA); Remote; USD 55,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Mission Bonus

Job summary

Cartwheel is hiring Mental Health Therapists to provide teletherapy and school-based mental health support from anywhere in the United States. This role is a 1099 independent contractor with 10–20 hours per week, focusing on elementary to high school students in partner districts.

You’ll collaborate with school staff, counselors, and Cartwheel clinicians to plan and deliver care, while engaging families to strengthen mental health pathways in schools.

Qualifications

• Active license to deliver mental health care (LMHC, LMFT, LICSW, LPC, LCSW, LCPC, PhD/PsyD, etc.)
• Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing
• Experience delivering care via telehealth
• Strong tech skills with Zoom, GSuite, EHR systems and collaboration tools
• Reliable high-speed internet connection (50 Mbps down, 10 Mbps up)

Responsibilities

• Provide teletherapy and mental health assessments for students in Cartwheel’s partner school districts.
• Collaborate with referring school counselors and other relevant providers at start of treatment and over the course of care.
• Build trusted relationships with school staff and families to support student mental health and school engagement.
• Provide psychoeducation and support to parents and caregivers to enhance therapy work.
• Collaborate with Cartwheel MDs/NPs on treatment planning and care delivery.

Skills

Active clinical license

Teletherapy experience

CBT/DBT/ACT

School-based care experience

Strong communication

Education

Active professional license (LMHC/LMFT/LICSW/LPCC etc.)

Tools

Zoom

Google Workspace

EHR systems

Job description

Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis.

Cartwheel is an early‑stage company building a new kind of mental health program for kids that puts schools at the center. We see our role as supporting school staff 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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for team‑oriented and mission‑driven therapists who believe in the power of collaborative care to join our Provider Network! Express your interest in future openings as we expand into new states and stay updated on webinars, initiatives, and more through our blog. Even if we aren’t currently hiring in your state (you can see where we are hiring on our careers page here), applying now will fast‑track your application for future openings. As a Mental 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)

For: W2 hourly for providers living in CA or MA, and for non-independent MA or IL licensed therapists

Location: Remote in U.S.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• 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

WHO YOU ARE

• Passion for working in close partnership with schools on mental health
• Active license to deliver mental health care (LMHC, LMFT, LICSW, LPC, 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)
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• Excellent organization, communication, and collaboration skills
• Ability to offer hours both during and especially after a typical school day (e.g., 3-8 pm and/or Saturdays 8-5)
• NOTE: As long as you have an active license in an operating state, you can live and deliver care from anywhere in the United States

EXTRA CREDIT

• Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin)
• 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)
• Experience working in a shorter-term model of care delivery (e.g., 2 weeks to 6 months)
• Experience with parent guidance
• Excitement to join an early stage start‑up and help bring Cartwheel to more students and school districts

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

• Flexible and 100% remote role (10‑20 hrs/week)
• Competitive compensation ($40-85/hour base hourly rate for licensed Master’s‑level clinicians, dependent on licensure (level and state), experience, language, etc.)
  • Up to 5% of your earnings each quarter as a Mission Bonus (based on the % of students you see who have Medicaid, are uninsured, or speak a non-English language)
• 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.

We participate in E-Verify. Please be prepared to provide acceptable documentation to verify your identity and work authorization.

Cartwheel uses AI‑assisted tools to support our hiring process. This may include tools that help organize and surface applications for recruiter review, AI‑powered candidate communications and scheduling, interview recording and documentation, and an AI chat tool available to candidates during the process. All hiring decisions are made by Cartwheel recruiters and hiring managers. No candidate is selected or eliminated from consideration solely by an automated system. All hiring decisions are made by humans. If you have questions about how AI is used in our process or would like to request an alternative review method, please contact [e-mail].

Note: Please do not contact our Care, Provider, or Patient Services lines regarding job postings or application status. These teams support our patients and families and are not involved in the hiring process. For all recruitment‑related questions, please email [e-mail].