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# Mental Health Therapist, Contractor - WV / Remote at Cartwheel

- **Company:** Cartwheel
- **Location:** Cambridge, MA
- **Employment:** contract
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/cartwheel-1/am9icG9zdDroTK8gc5mvefz3OpyjSKl_

## Job description

Join Cartwheel as a founding member of our West Virginia clinical team, bringing mental health care directly into rural schools across the state.

Cartwheel is the nation’s largest school-centered telehealth provider, partnering with school districts in 16 states to bring therapy, psychiatry, and family support to students who would otherwise wait months for care. We work alongside school staff and we keep parents informed and involved at every step of a student’s care. In West Virginia, that means:

- Getting students help earlier, before a problem becomes a crisis
- Keeping families engaged, consulted, and informed throughout care
- Strengthening the relationship between schools, clinicians, and the student’s parents/caregivers

Catching a student who is struggling early, before a problem becomes a crisis, is one of the most effective ways to support kids. As a Cartwheel clinician, you'll help make that possible for students across West Virginia.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

We’re looking for team-oriented therapists who believe in the power of collaborative care to join our 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 (8-20 clinical hours per week) Location: Remote in the US, West Virginia residents strongly preferred Start date: December 2026

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Provide excellent care, including mental health assessments and teletherapy, to K-12 students and school staff in Cartwheel’s partner school districts
- Participate in case discussions with other Cartwheel team members
- Support students and families with transition to community care providers
- Build collaborative, trusted, and lasting relationships with school leadership, staff, students, and families. Meet and communicate regularly with school staff

## WHO YOU ARE

Must have…

- Passion for working with schools on youth mental health and helping build a new care model for West Virginia
- Master’s Degree or higher from an accredited school of Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or Marriage, or Family and Child Counseling.
- Active license in West Virginia to deliver mental health care (LICSW, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or 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. We use G-Suite (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 collaboration skills
- Ability to offer hours during and especially after school (e.g., 3-8 pm Eastern Time)
- NOTE: Residency in West Virginia is strongly preferred for this role

Extra credit…

- At least five years of post-licensure clinical experience working with children and youth via telehealth.
- Experience working in rural communities
- Experience with parent guidance
- Active NPI number (Need to apply for your NPI? Visithttps://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/#/[this link](https://nppes.cms.hhs.gov/#/). It takes 2-4 weeks)
- CAQH credentialing set up (Need to apply for CAQH? Visithttps://www.caqh.org/providers[this link](https://www.caqh.org/providers). It takes 3-4 days)

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 remote within the United States role (8-20 hrs/week)
- Competitive compensation ($40-$70/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)
- Access to free online accredited continuing education and a CEU stipend
- Clinical supervision for eligible associate-licensed 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

## About Cartwheel

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cartwheel is a trusted mental health partner to schools, providing rapid access to evidence-based therapy and psychiatry for students.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Post-Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Joe English (CEO) and one other co‑founder (COO, name not publicly disclosed)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Mental Health Care / Telehealth for K-12 schools
- **Target customers**: School districts, students, and families (B2B through schools, B2C through families)
- **Mission**: To help schools build stronger mental health programs and ensure students can thrive in school, at home, and in life.

## Products & Services
- **Cartwheel Platform**: A school‑partnered mental health service offering individual therapy, group therapy, medication management, and parent guidance, delivered virtually by licensed clinicians. Includes care coordination and integration with school’s Multi‑Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding **$55.2M** (Series B of $35.2M led by A‑Street Ventures and Menlo Ventures, Sep 2025; Series A $20M led by Menlo Ventures, Sep 2023)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Menlo Ventures, A‑Street Ventures; partnerships with numerous school districts.
- **Growth Signals**: 191 employees (yearly growth +41.9%), active job postings increasing (+58.3% monthly), 92% of students report feeling better after care.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Rapid access**: average 7 days to first appointment, no waitlists.
- **School‑embedded model**: teachers and staff refer students, care coordinators handle logistics.
- **Evidence‑based care** with measurable outcomes (92% improvement).
- **Bilingual care coordinators** and licensed clinicians.
- **Strong technology platform** for care coordination and telehealth.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding partnerships with school districts nationwide (recent roles for GM Statewide Partnerships, Customer Success Managers).
- Building out insurance network (Medicaid, commercial) to maximize access.
- Scaling clinical team and care delivery while maintaining quality.
- Improving product/tech platform to support growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission‑driven**: direct impact on student mental health.
- **Remote/hybrid options**: many roles are remote (therapist contractors nationwide). HQ in Cambridge, MA with in‑office/hybrid for some positions.
- **Culture**: interdisciplinary team of clinicians, school leaders, engineers, operators; described as “the best place they’ve ever worked.”
- **Growth**: rapid scale (41.9% headcount growth) offers career advancement opportunities.
- **Values**: evidence‑based, rapid access, equity, collaboration.

## Sources
1. [cartwheel.org](https://www.cartwheel.org/)
2. [cartwheel.org/about-us](https://www.cartwheel.org/about-us)
3. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/cartwheelcare)
4. [Built In Boston](https://www.builtinboston.com/company/cartwheel)

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