Adolescent Addiction Specialist for AI Training

Role Title : Substance Use - Adolescent Addiction Specialist

Role Type : Contractor

Location : Remote

Compensation : $45 - $95/hour

Role Overview

Assess adolescent substance use cases and provide clinical guidance on risk, severity, and recommended responses for a customer project. In this role, you will apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. No prior experience in AI is required; your domain knowledge is what matters.

Required Skills

• Clinical reasoning
• Child/adolescent clinical safety expertise
• Clinical risk assessment
• Severity staging
• Intervention judgment

Scope of Work

• Review clinical case material describing adolescent substance use and document thorough assessments of risk, severity, and intervention urgency.
• Apply established frameworks such as DSM-5 SUD and ASAM to stage severity and recommend an appropriate level of care.
• Evaluate the safety and clinical appropriateness of both proposed and alternative interventions, including pharmacological options when relevant.
• Distinguish between developmentally normal experimentation and clinically significant patterns of substance use in youth.
• Identify and flag withdrawal, overdose, and safeguarding risks that require escalation or immediate action.
• Develop written guidance that is actionable for non-specialists, clearly explaining the rationale and referencing relevant standards or guidelines.
• Compare and benchmark your assessments against peer input and published best practice to ensure consistency and rigor.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of post-certification experience working directly with adolescents impacted by substance use.
• Clinical specialty in addiction medicine, or child/adolescent psychiatry or psychology with a primary focus on substance use disorders.
• Active clinical license/registration in good standing, with recent (<2 years) adolescent caseload experience.
• Proficiency with adolescent substance use screening and severity staging tools, such as CRAFFT, S2BI, DSM-5, and ASAM criteria.
• Familiarity with medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD/MAT) and withdrawal management protocols for under-18s.
• Research-standard written English, either native or demonstrated by IELTS 7.5+ overall/writing 7.0+, TOEFL 100+, Cambridge C1-C2, or equivalent.
• Motivational interviewing training, adolescent inpatient/crisis experience, and/or history of developing guidelines or publications in youth SUD are nice to have.

Start Timeline & Availability

• Roles are typically filled within 48 hours, so experts should be ready to jump in right away.
• If selected, you are expected to start your first tasks within 24-48 hours of completing onboarding.