Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - AZ / Remote

Cartwheel; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company committed to reshaping mental health support for students across the U.S. As a Mental Health Therapist, you will play a pivotal role in delivering innovative care to children and families, collaborating closely with school staff to enhance mental health services. This role offers the unique opportunity to work remotely while being part of an interdisciplinary team dedicated to making a meaningful impact. With competitive compensation and a supportive environment, you will help students envision and build a life filled with joy and purpose. If you are passionate about mental health and education, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Quarterly Mission Bonus

Free online accredited continuing education

Administrative support from Care Coordinators

Access to AI-enabled medical scribe

Opportunities for workshops and programming

Qualifications

• Must have at least two years of experience delivering mental health services.
• Fluency in other languages, especially Spanish, is a plus.
• Qualified to provide clinical supervision in Arizona.

Responsibilities

• Provide mental health assessments and teletherapy to students.
• Build relationships with school staff and families to improve mental health services.
• Participate in case discussions with the care team.

Skills

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Solution-Focused Therapy

Motivational Interviewing

Telehealth Experience

Crisis Management

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Master's Degree in Counseling or Psychology

Tools

Zoom

GSuite (Google Calendar, Gmail)

Electronic Health Record Systems

Job description

Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - AZ / Remote

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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:

• 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 a1099 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
• 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, you can test your internet speed at https://www.speedtest.net/ )
• 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
• Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish)
• 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 (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link . It takes 2-4 weeks)
• CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit this link . It takes 3-4 days)

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.)
• The Mission Bonus of up to 5% is paid quarterly for serving higher-need populations ( based on the % of students you see who have Medicaid, are uninsured, or speak a non-English language)
• Access to free online accredited continuing education and a CEU stipend
• 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 (this is used and loved by the majority of Cartwheel clinicians!)
• 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.

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