Adolescent Mental Health Specialist (Remote, Part-Time) - Up to $150/hr

About the Role

Mercor, a San Francisco-based firm dedicated to connecting top-tier creative and technical experts with leading artificial intelligence research laboratories, is seeking a Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinical Advisor for the AI Safety Benchmark Project. This contract position involves part-time remote work, with compensation ranging from $80 to $150 per hour for approximately 10 to 15 hours weekly.

Key Responsibilities

• Create fictional adolescent mental health case scenarios grounded in clinical experience.
• Evaluate scenarios to ensure clinical accuracy, developmental suitability, and ethical soundness.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of clinician-informed evaluation frameworks for assessing AI chatbot performance.
• Assess subsets of AI-generated conversations, offering expert judgment to fine-tune automated evaluation tools.
• Provide guidance on best practices for evaluating AI behaviors in critical mental health areas including suicide and self-harm prevention, medical and therapeutic impersonation, as well as parasocial attachment and anthropomorphism.

Required Qualifications

• Possession of an MD, DO, PhD, PsyD, or comparable credential in Psychiatry, Psychology, or a related mental health discipline.
• Demonstrated clinical or research specialization in child and adolescent mental health.
• Expert profile in suicide prevention, self-harm evaluation, clinical child psychology, adolescent psychiatry, digital mental health, or recognized evidence-based therapies such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to provide detailed clinical feedback in a structured format.
• Comfort in analyzing fictional clinical scenarios and critically reviewing AI-generated dialogues.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in suicide risk evaluation or crisis intervention.
• Academic publication or research experience related to adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, or digital therapeutic methodologies.
• Participation in the development of clinical protocols, evaluation frameworks, or educational resources.
• Experience working with artificial intelligence, digital health technologies, or mental health product assessments.
• Supervisory experience with trainees or multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Application Process

Applicants should upload a resume and complete an AI-driven interview based on their submitted information, followed by form submission. The full process requires around 20 to 30 minutes.

Additional Information

Support and interview platform details are available via Mercor's internal resources and can be requested by contacting their support team directly. The recruitment team evaluates applications daily; completing all application steps is necessary for consideration.