Description:
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.
What You’ll Do
- Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and tele-therapy, 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 independent license in Colorado 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, G-Suite (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 your local 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 Colorado license, you can live anywhere in the United States
Extra credit…
- Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese)
- Experience with parent guidance
- Qualified to provide clinical supervision in Colorado
- 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)