Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - IN / Remote

Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis.

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 shouldnt 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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for team-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, youll 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 through 2026

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and teletherapy, to middle and high school students in Cartwheel's partner school districts (typically 2-4 months per student with possible extension up to 6 months)
• Participate in case discussions with other Cartwheel team members
• Support students and families with transition to community mental health and primary 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

• Master's Degree or higher from an accredited school of Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or Marriage, or Family and Child Counseling.

• Active license in Indiana to independently deliver mental health care (LCSW, LMHC, LMFT, LPC, PsyD, etc.).

• Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing

• Experience delivering care via tele-health

• Strong technological skills and learning new systems, including Zoom, GSuite (Google Calendar, Gmail, etc.), electronic health record systems, and other collaboration tools

• Access to a reliable, high-speed internet connection (50 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload)

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• Excellent organization, communication, and teamwork skills

• Ability to offer hours both during and especially after a typical school day (e.g., 3-8 pm Eastern Time)

Extra credit…

• Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese)
• Experience with parent guidance
• Active NPI number (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link. It takes about 2 to 4-weeks)
• CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit this link. It takes about 3 to 4-days)
• Excitement to join an early stage start-up and help bring Cartwheel to more students and school district

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. Wed love to hear from you.

WHY YOU'LL LOVE CARTWHEEL

At Cartwheel, you'll have an unmatched provider experience.

• Flexible and 100% remote role (8-20 hrs/week)

• Competitive compensation ($65-$75/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

• 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