Child & Online Safety Expert for AI Training [Remote]

Help shape AI safety tools that support young people online by applying clinical, crisis-care, and digital child-safety expertise to real-world evaluation frameworks. This remote contractor role focuses on mental-health safety for vulnerable youth, with no prior AI experience required. Key Responsibilities

• Develop taxonomies covering self-harm, suicide prevention, eating disorders, and emotional dependency in digital settings.
• Set best-practice standards for digital support and clinical safety related to youth and adolescent mental health.
• Create frameworks to detect, flag, and assess harmful online content or advice involving mental-health crises for minors.
• Design and improve clinical response rubrics and escalation protocols for at-risk people in digital environments.
• Work with project leads to ground evaluation benchmarks and guidelines in current research and clinical best practices.
• Provide expertise on CSAM-adjacent policy and online exploitation dynamics to strengthen digital child-safety protocols.
• Deliver clear written and verbal feedback that informs ongoing AI safety tools and frameworks.

• Background as a licensed therapist, psychiatrist, clinician, or mental-health professional with direct crisis-care experience preferred.
• At least 5 years of focused experience in adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, eating-disorder intervention, or a related field. Senior contributors with 8 to 20 years of experience are welcome.
• Demonstrated clinical risk-assessment and intervention expertise in digital or online settings.
• Advanced degree, specialized certification, or equivalent operational experience in mental health or child-safety work.
• Experience evaluating or implementing CSAM-adjacent policies, or contributing to child online-exploitation prevention initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information to varied audiences.
• A credible record of impact in clinical care, crisis response, or safety evaluation communities.

• Remote independent contractor engagement.

• $50 to $90 per hour.