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Cartwheel · 2 months ago

Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - CT / Remote

United States

Contract

Remote

Mid Level

$60/hr - $75/hr

Cartwheel is an early-stage company building a new kind of mental health program for kids that puts schools at the center. As a Mental Health Therapist, you'll work directly with school staff, students, and families in our partner school districts to build stronger systems of mental health support.

Health CareMental HealthmHealthTherapeuticsWellness

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and skills-based teletherapy, to elementary, middle and high school students in Cartwheel’s partner school districts (typically 2-4 months per student with possible extension up to 6 months)

Collaborate closely with referring school counselors and other relevant providers at start of treatment and over the course of a student’s care journey (including through regular phone calls, emails, and virtual meetings)

Build trusted relationships with school staff and families to support a student’s mental health needs, school engagement and engagement with school-based services, as applicable

Provide regular psychoeducation and support to parents and caregivers to enhance a student’s mental health needs and individual therapy work

Collaborate with Cartwheel MDs/NPs on treatment planning, care delivery and transition planning over a student’s care journey

Partner with the External Referrals team to support the identification of referrals to community mental health and primary care providers

Have the opportunity to participate in case consultations and discussions with other Cartwheel team members

Help to further build Cartwheel’s clinical programming and wonderful Care Team

Qualification

Active independent licenseCBTDBTACTTelehealth experienceMaster’s DegreeHigherTechnological skillsFluency in other languagesParent guidanceCollaboration skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Passion for working in close partnership with schools on mental health

Master's Degree or higher from an accredited school of Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or Marriage, or Family and Child Counseling

Active independent license in Connecticut to deliver mental health care (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or PhD/PsyD)

Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing

Experience delivering care via telehealth

Strong technological skills and learning new systems, including Zoom, GSuite (Google Calendar, Gmail, etc.), electronic health record systems, and other collaboration tools

Access to a reliable, high-speed internet connection (50 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload)

Excellent organization, communication, and collaboration skills

Ability to deliver care during our peak hours (Mon-Fri 3-8 pm ET and Sat 8-5)

Preferred

Fluency in other languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese)

Experience working in a shorter-term model of care delivery (e.g., 2 weeks to 6 months)

Experience with parent guidance

Active NPI number

CAQH credentialing set up

Active CANS certificate

Excitement to join an early stage start-up and help bring Cartwheel to more students and school districts

Company

Cartwheel

Cartwheel offers mental health support to students in order to help schools regain balance in the midst of the student mental health crisis.

Founded in 2022

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.cartwheelcare.org

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Total Funding

$55.17M

Key Investors

Menlo Ventures

2025-08-18Series B· $35.17M

2023-09-26Series A· $20M

Leadership Team

Joe English

Co-Founder and CEO

Daniel Tartakovsky

Co-Founder and COO (We're Hiring!)

Recent News

PR Newswire

Boston Public Schools Ensures Every Student, Family, and Staff Member Has Mental Health Care

2025-12-12

General Catalyst

General Catalyst Portfolio

2025-12-08

generalcatalyst.com

Our Investment in Cartwheel Care

2025-12-08

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