Mental Health Therapist, Contractor

November 14

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

Although this job is listed in Virginia, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $60 - $75 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

😶‍🌫️ Therapist

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Cartwheel

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Healthcare Insurance • Education • Social Impact

Cartwheel is a trusted mental health partner to schools, helping children and families navigate mental health challenges. They provide support through Multi-Tiered Systems of Support aimed at early intervention. Cartwheel prioritizes rapid access to mental health care, offering evidence-based treatment without waitlists. Their comprehensive care includes individual therapy, group therapy, medication management, and parental guidance, typically lasting two to six months. They emphasize equitable, culturally sensitive care with a bilingual staff and are committed to affordability, working with families regardless of insurance status. Cartwheel collaborates closely with schools to integrate mental health support into educational environments and to address student and staff mental health crises. Their goal is to empower students to thrive in school, at home, and in life by providing immediate and accessible mental health resources.

51 - 200 employees

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

📋 Description

• 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

🎯 Requirements

• Passion for working with schools on mental health and growing a startup company • Active independent license in Virginia 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, 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 Eastern time weekdays, 8am-5pm 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 Virginia license, you can live anywhere in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation ($60-$75/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 (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