Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinical Advisor (AI Safety Benchmark Project)

Position: Hourly Contract
Location: Remote – United States
Compensation: $80–$150/hour
Commitment: Approximately 10–15 hours/week

About the Role

We are seeking experienced Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, and Mental Health Researchers to contribute to a clinician-informed benchmark for evaluating how AI companion chatbots respond to adolescents experiencing mental health challenges.

The role focuses on developing realistic clinical scenarios and evaluation standards for sensitive areas including suicide risk, therapeutic guidance, and emotional dependency.

Responsibilities

• Author fictionalized adolescent mental health case scenarios based on real-world clinical expertise.

• Review scenarios for clinical realism, developmental appropriateness, and ethical considerations.

• Develop and refine clinician-informed evaluation rubrics for AI chatbot responses.

• Review a subset of AI-generated conversations and provide expert judgment to calibrate automated evaluation systems.

• Advise on evaluation of AI behavior across key mental health domains, including:

  • Suicide & Self-Harm: Risk recognition, safety planning, and crisis referral.

  • Medical & Therapeutic Impersonation: Diagnosis, treatment advice, and discouraging professional care.

  • Parasocial Attachment & Anthropomorphism: Claims of consciousness, emotional dependency, and discouraging trusted relationships.

Required Qualifications

• MD, DO, PhD, PsyD, or equivalent qualification in Psychiatry, Psychology, or a related mental health field.

• Clinical or research experience focused on children and adolescents.

• Expertise in one or more of the following:

  • Suicide prevention

  • Self-harm assessment

  • Child & adolescent psychiatry

  • Clinical child psychology

  • Digital mental health

  • Evidence-based therapies such as DBT or CBT

• Strong written communication skills and ability to provide structured clinical feedback.

• Comfortable reviewing fictional clinical scenarios and evaluating AI-generated conversations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting suicide risk assessments or crisis intervention.

• Academic or published research in adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, or digital therapeutics.

• Experience developing clinical guidelines, assessment frameworks, or educational materials.

• Prior work involving AI, digital health technologies, or mental health product evaluation.

• Experience supervising trainees or participating in multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Why Participate?

• Help shape the development of safe AI systems for adolescents.

• Apply clinical expertise to emerging questions in AI safety and digital mental health.

• Collaborate with researchers developing evaluation standards for AI companion chatbots.

• Contribute to work that may influence future AI research, independent benchmarking, and responsible deployment of conversational AI.

Contract Details

• Position: Hourly Contract

• Location: Remote – United States

• Compensation: $80–$150/hour

• Commitment: Approximately 10–15 hours/week

• Engagement: Independent contractor

• Payment: Weekly

• H1-B/STEM OPT: Not supported

• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early based on needs and performance.