Adolescent Suicide & Self-Harm Specialist

Role Overview

Apply adolescent mental health expertise to help improve AI-supported assessment and management of suicide and self-harm risk. You will turn complex clinical presentations into clear, practical guidance that helps distinguish ideation, intent, self-harm, and acute risk for non-specialist users. No prior AI experience is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Review adolescent case materials and produce structured written suicide and self-harm risk assessments.
• Use validated assessment tools, including C-SSRS, alongside expert clinical risk formulation.
• Differentiate self-harm, suicidal ideation, and intent, and characterize risk acuity precisely.
• Recommend response protocols, escalation pathways, safety planning such as Stanley-Brown, and means-restriction strategies.
• Assess comorbidities, safeguarding concerns, and contextual factors that affect risk.
• Write research-grade English guidance that enables non-specialists to act confidently.
• Benchmark risk judgments against established guidelines and peer assessments for consistency.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of post-qualification experience with direct adolescent clinical contact focused on suicide and self-harm risk.
• Specialist credentials in child or adolescent psychiatry or psychology, with demonstrated intervention expertise.
• An active clinical license or registration in good standing and an active adolescent caseload within the past two years.
• Advanced proficiency with suicide and self-harm risk assessment tools and safety-planning protocols.
• Familiarity with evidence-based adolescent interventions, including DBT-A and trauma-informed care.
• Exceptional written English, native-level or equivalent to IELTS 7.5+ with writing 7.0+, TOEFL 100+, or Cambridge C1 to C2.
• DBT-A or CBT training, crisis or inpatient experience, and contributions to suicidology research or clinical guidelines are desirable.

Work Terms

• Remote contract engagement.
• Applicants should be prepared to begin promptly. Roles are typically filled within 48 hours, and selected candidates are expected to start initial tasks within 24 to 48 hours after completing onboarding.

Compensation

$45 to $95 per hour.