Child and Online Safety Expert for AI Training [Remote]

Contribute your expertise to a high-impact project focused on online safety and mental health support for young people. As a Child & Online Safety Expert, you will play a crucial role in shaping the development of next-generation AI systems by providing high-quality, real-world input. Your knowledge will help create a robust mental health safety evaluation framework for vulnerable youth online, leveraging your deep understanding of crisis care and digital risk assessment. Key Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive taxonomies related to self-harm, suicide prevention, eating disorders, and emotional dependency in digital contexts.
• Establish best-practice standards for digital support and clinical safety regarding youth and adolescent mental health.
• Create detection frameworks to identify, flag, and evaluate potentially harmful online content and advice related to mental health crises for minors.
• Design and refine clinical response rubrics and escalation protocols for at-risk individuals in digital environments.
• Collaborate with project leads to ensure that all evaluation benchmarks and guidelines are grounded in current research and clinical best practices.
• Offer insights on CSAM-adjacent policy and online exploitation dynamics to enhance digital child safety protocols.
• Deliver clear, actionable written and verbal feedback that shapes the ongoing development of AI safety tools and frameworks.

• Licensed therapist, psychiatrist, clinician, or mental health professional with direct crisis care experience.
• 5+ years of focused work in adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, eating disorder intervention, or related fields; 8, 20 years welcomed for senior contributors.
• Demonstrated expertise in clinical risk assessment and intervention in digital or online settings.
• Advanced degree, specialized certification, or equivalent operational experience in mental health or child safety domains.
• Experience evaluating or implementing CSAM-adjacent policies or working within child online exploitation prevention initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information for diverse audiences.
• High credibility and a recognized track record of impact in clinical, crisis response, or safety evaluation communities.

Contractor position, fully remote.

$50 - $90 per hour.

Open to qualified candidates with relevant expertise and experience.