Child & Youth Abuse Trauma Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Analyze and contribute to case-based scenarios that reflect the complexities of child and youth abuse victimization.

• Utilize trauma-informed clinical frameworks while reviewing sensitive mental health scenarios.

• Evaluate psychological, behavioral, and contextual factors relevant to young survivors of abuse.

• Identify clinical nuances, risks, and safeguarding considerations within case materials.

• Review and assess model-generated mental health guidance pertaining to youth abuse cases.

• Detect clinical inaccuracies, ethical issues, oversimplifications, or inappropriate recommendations.

• Evaluate whether generated responses adhere to appropriate trauma-informed principles.

• Provide expert feedback on content accuracy, safety, sensitivity, and relevance.

• Develop and curate content highlighting best practices for supporting young abuse survivors.

• Contribute clinical guidance that reflects current trauma-informed approaches and standards of care.

• Structure high-quality examples and reference materials for AI training workflows.

• Document recommendations aimed at enhancing system sensitivity and clinical utility.

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure project deliverables meet current mental health standards.

• Engage in iterative review cycles to refine training data and enhance content quality.

• Identify recurring gaps or weaknesses in AI-generated responses.

• Uphold rigorous standards regarding privacy, confidentiality, ethics, and professional judgment.

⛳️ Requirements

• Completed M.D., Ph.D. in Psychology, or Ph.D. in Social Work.

• Extensive clinical experience working with children or young individuals who are survivors of abuse.

• Primary or substantial professional focus on youth abuse, trauma, or closely related clinical work.

• Proven expertise in trauma-informed care and interventions for young survivors.

• Strong clinical assessment and case-analysis skills.

• Active involvement in clinical work concerning vulnerable youth or abuse-related cases.

• Solid understanding of ethical decision-making, safeguarding, privacy, and confidentiality.

• Ability to identify subtle clinical inaccuracies, risks, and inappropriate guidance.

• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to provide precise, constructive feedback.

• Comfortable collaborating with clinical, research, technical, or interdisciplinary teams.

• Work must be executed in alignment with appropriate ethical, privacy, confidentiality, and safeguarding standards.

• No prior experience in AI research or model training is needed.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work.

• Part-time independent contractor engagement.

• Flexible project scope, workload, timing, and duration based on project requirements.