Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - AZ / Remote

Global Trade Plaza; Hyde Park Township (IL); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to transforming mental health care for students across the U.S. As a Mental Health Therapist, you will play a pivotal role in supporting school staff and families, ensuring that children receive the care they need. This innovative firm is launching a unique mental health program that emphasizes early intervention and community engagement. You'll work remotely, providing teletherapy and assessments while collaborating with a passionate team. If you're driven by a mission to enhance student well-being and have the required qualifications, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in the lives of young people and their families.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Access to free online accredited continuing education

CEU stipend

Clinical supervision for associate level clinicians

Administrative support from Care Coordinators

Optional AI-enabled medical scribe

Opportunities beyond clinical care

Qualifications

• Must have an active Arizona license to deliver mental health care.
• At least two years of experience delivering mental health services via telehealth.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health assessments and teletherapy to students and staff.
• Build collaborative relationships with school leadership and staff.

Skills

CBT

DBT

ACT

Solution-focused therapy

Motivational interviewing

Telehealth experience

Crisis management

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Education

Active license in Arizona (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PhD/PsyD)

Tools

Zoom

GSuite

Electronic health record systems

Job description

Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis as part of its founding Arizona clinical team.

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.

CARTWHEEL IN ARIZONA

Cartwheel is excited to be launching in Arizona in 2025 and scaling quickly through the year via our partnership model. As a Cartwheel clinician in Arizona, you will serve on the founding team for this region and will have an opportunity to be at the cutting edge of a new mental health care delivery model for Arizona students and families, with a particular focus on rural counties.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for outcomes-oriented and mission-driven therapists to join our amazing and interdisciplinary care team of psychiatrists, therapists, and school health professionals. 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: This is a 1099 Independent Contractor position

Location: 100% remote in the U.S.

Start date: Rolling start dates beginning February 2025

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• 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 regularly with school staff to discuss student mental health needs and develop strategies to improve school services.
• If qualified and interested, provide clinical supervision to other care team members

WHO YOU ARE

Must have…

• Passion for working with schools on mental health and growing a startup company
• Active license in Arizona to deliver mental health care (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PhD/PsyD)
• Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing
• At least two years of 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)
• Excellent organization, communication, and teamwork skills
• Ability to offer hours during and especially after school (e.g., 3-8 pm Mountain Time, Saturdays)
• Ability to provide effective and safe care to children and adults, including ability to manage crisis situations virtually.
• NOTE: As long as you have an active Arizona license, you can live anywhere in the United States

Extra credit…

• Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Navajo, Apache, and Hopi)
• Experience working with American Indian/Native/Indigenous populations, immigrant populations, rural communities, and/or military families
• Experience with parent guidance
• Qualified to provide clinical supervision in Arizona
• Active NPI number
• CAQH credentialing set up

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.

• Competitive compensation ($50-$80/hour base hourly rate + up to 5% quarterly Mission Bonus for Master’s-level clinicians, dependent on licensure, experience, language, etc.)
• Access to free online accredited continuing education and a CEU stipend
• Clinical Supervision for associate level clinicians
• 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
• Team-based care with mission-driven colleagues building a truly innovative school-community partnership model
• 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.