Pediatric Therapist
Tailwind Care
Pediatric Therapist
Tailwind Care
Integrated pediatric developmental screening and therapy
Tailwind is building a better way to care for kids and teens with metabolic health concerns through a family-centered model. Too often, families are left to navigate fragmented care, long waitlists, and a system that treats medical, nutritional, and behavioral needs separately.
We bring medical care, nutrition, and behavioral health together in one coordinated, evidence-based program, covered by insurance. Our goal is to help kids and teens build healthier lives, with care that’s practical, compassionate, and built around the whole family.
Our approach to care
Our approach is family-centered, evidence-based, and focused on the whole child. We do not define success by weight loss alone. Care focuses on improving health behaviors, metabolic health, growth patterns, and overall well-being, with goals tailored to each child and family. When changes in weight trajectory are clinically appropriate, they are addressed without shame, stigma, restrictive dieting, or an overemphasis on the number on the scale.
As a Licensed Pediatric Therapist at Tailwind, you’ll provide evidence-based behavioral health care to children and adolescents with obesity and weight-related health concerns, and their caregivers, through virtual care.
You’ll help patients and families address the emotional, behavioral, and family factors that influence health, including motivation, self-esteem, family dynamics, anxiety, mood, body image, and sustainable behavior change. You’ll work with physicians, registered dietitians, and care coordinators as part of an integrated care team.
As a 1099 independent contractor with Tailwind, you will not be eligible for employee benefits, including health insurance or paid time off. Tailwind will provide services to support your practice, such as patient matching, billing, and admin support.
Assess and treat patients and their families. Conduct behavioral health assessments and deliver developmentally appropriate, evidence-based therapy to children, adolescents, and caregivers, matched to each family's needs and goals.
Support sustainable behavior change. Help families identify barriers, build skills, set realistic goals, and shape home routines that support health without shame.
Deliver culturally responsive, stigma-free care. Approach weight-related care in a clinically direct, culturally responsive, and respectful way that is free of shame.
Address weight-related emotional health. Support patients navigating body image, self-esteem, stigma, bullying, anxiety, or mood concerns tied to weight and health.
Catch when additional care is needed. Screen for and recognize concerns such as significant anxiety, depression, or disordered eating, and coordinate referrals or escalation when appropriate.
Keep records that hold up. Timely, accurate documentation supporting continuity of care, medical necessity, and payer requirements.
Your hours are guaranteed. Most telehealth platforms pay per visit and guarantee nothing. We reserve a weekly block and pay all of it while we fill your schedule.
Behavioral health is part of the core care model. You won’t be treating patients in isolation. Behavioral health care is integrated with medical and nutrition treatment.
Work with the whole family. Our model recognizes that a child’s health is shaped by family relationships, routines, environment, and caregiver support.
Spend less time on non-clinical admin. Credentialing, billing, technology, and care coordination are on us, so you spend time working with patients and families.
Deliver longitudinal care. You’ll have the opportunity to build ongoing relationships with families and support meaningful change over time.
Minimum Qualifications
Independently licensed behavioral health clinician as an LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or equivalent
Willing to obtain additional state licenses or practice privileges as needed (Tailwind covers licensing costs)
Current and complete CAQH profile
3+ years providing behavioral health care to children, adolescents, and families
Training in at least one relevant evidence-based approach, such as motivational interviewing, CBT, or family-based treatment
Experience with pediatric overweight or obesity, or in integrated health settings
Experience screening for and addressing disordered eating, emotional eating, and body image concerns in children or adolescents
Comfortable conducting telehealth risk assessment and safety planning with children and adolescents, including coordinating local crisis resources when needed
Experience and comfort delivering care via telehealth
Nice to have
Licenses in multiple states or a Counseling Compact privilege
Experience with Medicaid-insured families
Spanish or other non-English language proficiency
Schedule: Part-time and fully remote, with consistent weekly availability. Initially, we’re looking for approximately 10-20 hours per week, primarily across afternoon and evening hours, with some weekend availability preferred. We can be flexible on the specific blocks for the right candidate. Hours may grow over time based on patient volume and your availability.
Patient care: Virtual visits with children, adolescents, and parents, together or individually.
Between sessions: Brief check-ins and care team coordination are all paid. Tailwind is not a crisis service, and all visits are scheduled.
Malpractice insurance coverage
Paid orientation to Tailwind’s systems, clinical protocols, and workflows
All state licensing, credentialing, and payer enrollment, paid by Tailwind
EHR, telehealth technology, scheduling, and care coordination support
Clinical protocols, case consultation, and ongoing education
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Tailwind is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Integrated pediatric developmental screening and therapy
Tailwind Care provides pediatric developmental support with a focus on making specialized care more accessible and affordable. It delivers a coordinated, family-centered service that starts with early screening and moves through evaluation to ongoing therapy, all supervised by licensed clinicians. The program fits therapy into a child’s regular routine and connects physical, occupational, and speech-language therapy to create a continuous care experience, initially targeting developmental delays. Services are offered through clinicians in select locations (e.g., Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham, NC), with plans to expand to other pediatric and behavioral health services based on real‑world outcomes. Tailwind Care aims to distinguish itself by offering a seamless, integrated care pathway that reduces barriers to access and cost, rather than providing standalone therapies, and by building a holistic support system for families.
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