Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and skills-based teletherapy, to elementary, middle and high school students in Cartwheel’s partner school districts (typically 2-4 months per student with possible extension up to 6 months)
Collaborate closely with referring school counselors and other relevant providers at start of treatment and over the course of a student’s care journey (including through regular phone calls, emails, and virtual meetings)
Build trusted relationships with school staff and families to support a student’s mental health needs, school engagement and engagement with school-based services, as applicable
Provide regular psychoeducation and support to parents and caregivers to enhance a student’s mental health needs and individual therapy work
Collaborate with Cartwheel MDs/NPs on treatment planning, care delivery and transition planning over a student’s care journey
Partner with the External Referrals team to support the identification of referrals to community mental health and primary care providers
Have the opportunity to participate in case consultations and discussions with other Cartwheel team members
Help to further build Cartwheel’s clinical programming and wonderful Care Team
Requirements
Passion for working in close partnership 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 MA to deliver mental health care (LCSW/LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, or PhD/PsyD)
Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing
Experience delivering care via telehealth
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 collaboration skills
Ability to deliver care during our peak hours (Mon-Fri 3-8 pm ET and Sat 8-5)
NOTE: As long as you have an active license in the above state, you can live and deliver care from anywhere in the United States
Extra credit…
Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese)
Experience working in a shorter-term model of care delivery (e.g., 2 weeks to 6 months)
Experience with parent guidance
Active NPI number (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link: https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/#/. It takes about 2 to 4-weeks)
CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit: https://www.caqh.org/providers. It takes about 3 to 4-days)
Active CANS certificate (will need your CANS certificate before start date, you can read more here: https://masscans.ehs.state.ma.us/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/Default.aspx)
Excitement to join an early stage start-up and help bring Cartwheel to more students and school districts