[Hiring] Adolescent Suicide & Self-Harm Specialist @24-MAG

Role Description

We are sharing a specialised consulting opportunity for experienced child and adolescent mental-health professionals with advanced expertise in suicide and self-harm risk assessment, clinical reasoning, intervention judgement, safeguarding, and escalation decision-making to contribute to an advanced AI training and clinical evaluation project. Selected professionals will review complex adolescent case material, develop structured risk formulations, differentiate between self-harm, suicidal ideation, intent, and acute risk, and provide clear clinical guidance grounded in established assessment frameworks and evidence-based practice. The work requires substantial direct clinical experience with adolescents, strong professional judgement, and the ability to communicate nuanced safety decisions clearly to non-specialist audiences. No prior experience in AI is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Clinical Risk Assessment & Formulation
  • Review adolescent case materials and produce structured written assessments of suicide and self-harm risk.
  • Apply expert clinical judgement to determine severity, acuity, and relevant risk factors.
  • Differentiate clearly between self-harm, suicidal ideation, suicidal intent, and acute risk.
  • Integrate historical, contextual, behavioural, and clinical information into defensible risk formulations.
  • Identify uncertainty or missing information that materially affects clinical interpretation.
• Assessment Tools & Intervention Judgement
  • Apply validated assessment approaches such as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) where appropriate.
  • Interpret assessment findings alongside broader clinical formulation rather than relying on individual indicators in isolation.
  • Recommend proportionate response pathways based on the level and nature of identified risk.
  • Apply evidence-based safety-planning principles and appropriate escalation judgement.
  • Evaluate whether proposed interventions are clinically appropriate for the adolescent presentation.
• Safeguarding & Contextual Risk Analysis
  • Identify relevant comorbidities, safeguarding concerns, family or social factors, and contextual risks.
  • Assess how co-occurring clinical or environmental factors may influence overall risk.
  • Consider trauma history, developmental context, protective factors, and support availability where relevant.
  • Incorporate safeguarding considerations into clinical recommendations.
  • Identify circumstances requiring escalation to more intensive clinical or emergency support.
• Clinical Guidance & Quality Evaluation
  • Produce clear, research-grade written guidance suitable for implementation by non-specialist users.
  • Explain clinical reasoning, escalation decisions, and intervention recommendations precisely.
  • Benchmark risk judgements against established clinical guidance and peer assessments.
  • Review complex cases for consistency, completeness, and clinical safety.
  • Incorporate feedback and evolving project standards into subsequent assessments.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of post-qualification experience involving direct adolescent clinical work focused on suicide or self-harm risk.
• Specialist background in child or adolescent psychiatry, psychology, or a closely related clinical discipline.
• Active clinical licence or professional registration in good standing.
• Recent experience with an active adolescent caseload within approximately the past two years.
• Advanced proficiency with suicide and self-harm risk-assessment frameworks such as the C-SSRS.
• Strong familiarity with evidence-based safety-planning approaches.
• Experience distinguishing ideation, intent, self-harm behaviour, and varying levels of acute risk.
• Familiarity with evidence-based adolescent interventions such as DBT-A, CBT, or trauma-informed approaches is highly valued.
• Crisis, inpatient, or other high-acuity clinical experience is advantageous.
• Contributions to suicidology research, clinical guidance, or related professional work are beneficial.
• Exceptional written English and ability to communicate nuanced clinical reasoning clearly.
• No prior experience in AI training or model evaluation is required.

Engagement Details

• Independent contractor engagement.
• Fully remote.
• Compensation: $45–$95/hour.
• Work will involve adolescent case review, suicide and self-harm risk formulation, escalation judgement, safeguarding analysis, and structured clinical guidance.
• Strong recent clinical experience with adolescent suicide and self-harm presentations is central to this engagement.
• Active professional licensure or registration is expected.
• Selected professionals should be prepared to begin their first tasks within approximately 24–48 hours of completing onboarding.
• Roles are typically filled within approximately 48 hours.
• Project scope, workload, case complexity, and evaluation standards may evolve depending on project requirements.
• Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, institution, healthcare organisation, patient, or other third party.