Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - WI / Remote

Join Cartwheel to help tackle the student mental health crisis. Cartwheel is an early-stage company building a new kind of mental health program for kids that puts schools at the center. We see our role as supporting school staff who see kids every single day. Instead of going around them, we collaborate with them. This means: Earlier intervention Higher student and family engagement in care Better coordination among the trusted adults in a student’s life Kids shouldn't just aspire to get out of bed and drag themselves to class. They should be able to experience joy. They deserve to envision and build a life they’re excited to live. If you join Cartwheel, you’ll help make this vision a reality for millions of students across the country. ABOUT THE ROLE We’re looking for team-oriented and mission-driven therapists who believe in the power of collaborative care to join our amazing and interdisciplinary care team of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, therapists, and school health professionals. 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. Role type: 1099 independent contractor (10-20 hours per week) Location: 100% remote Start date: Rolling start dates beginning September 2026 WHAT YOU’LL DO 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 psycho-education 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 WHO YOU ARE Must have… Passion for working with schools on mental health and growing a startup company Active independent license in Wisconsin to deliver mental health care (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, PhD/PsyD) Experience with CBT, DBT, ACT, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing At least two years of experience delivering mental health services to children and youth via telehealth. We use Zoom, GSuite (Google Calendar, Gmail, etc.), electronic health record systems, and other collaboration tools. Access to reliable, high-speed internet (50 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload, you can test your internet speed at https://www.speedtest.net/ ) Excellent organization, communication, and teamwork skills Ability to offer hours during and especially after school (e.g., 3-8 pm Central Time, Saturdays) Ability to provide effective and safe care to children and adults, including ability to manage crisis situations virtually. NOTE: As long as you have an active Wisconsin license, you can live anywhere in the United States Extra credit… 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 (Need to apply for your NPI? Visit this link . It takes about 2 to 4-weeks) CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visit this link . It takes about 3 to 4-days) Excitement to join an early stage start-up and help bring Cartwheel to more students and school districts The above is a summary of the role, not an exhaustive list. If you think that you have most of the above but not everything, please apply. We'd love to hear from you. WHY YOU’LL LOVE CARTWHEEL At Cartwheel, you’ll have an unmatched provider experience. Flexible and 100% remote role (8-20 hrs/week) Competitive compensation ( $65-$80/hour base hourly rate + up to 5% quarterly Mission Bonus for Master’s-level clinicians, dependent on licensure, experience, language, etc.) The Mission Bonus of up to 5% is paid quarterly for serving higher-need populations ( based on the % of students you see who have Medicaid, are uninsured, or speak a non-English language) Flexible and 100% remote role (8-20 hrs/week) Access to free online accredited continuing education and a CEU stipend Clinical Supervision for associate level clinicians Administrative support from our experienced, full-time Care Coordinators, and optional access to an AI-enabled medical scribe that saves you hours of documentation time (this is used and loved by the majority of Cartwheel clinicians!) Team-based care with mission-driven colleagues building a truly innovative school-community partnership model Opportunities beyond clinical care, including working closely with schools on staff support, workshops, and other programming Cartwheel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace diverse backgrounds and perspectives and an inclusive work environment. We're committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability status, or veteran status. We participate in E-Verify. Please be prepared to provide acceptable documentation to verify your identity and work authorization Cartwheel uses AI-assisted tools to support our hiring process. This may include tools that help organize and surface applications for recruiter review, AI-powered candidate communications and scheduling, interview recording and documentation, and an AI chat tool available to candidates during the process. All hiring decisions are made by Cartwheel recruiters and hiring managers. No candidate is selected or eliminated from consideration solely by an automated system. All hiring decisions are made by humans. If you have questions about how AI is used in our process or would like to request an alternative review method, please contact [email protected] Note: Please do not contact our Care, Provider, or Patient Services lines regarding job postings or application status. These teams support our patients and families and are not involved in the hiring process. For all recruitment-related questions, please email [email protected] .