Why Charlie Health?
Young people across the nation are grappling with a mental health crisis characterized by escalating rates of depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use disorders, and suicide. Individuals who seek support are met by geographical and financial barriers, driving increased urgency for a new approach to behavioral health treatment.
At Charlie Health, our mission is to connect the world to life-saving mental health treatment. Our treatment programs combine curated peer groups, individual therapy, and family therapy into personalized, evidence-based treatment plans to provide long-term healing from home. By prioritizing connections among young people with shared mental health experiences and goals, Charlie Health fosters sustainable healing and achieves industry-leading clinical outcomes, with over 90% of our clients seeing improvement in their most severe mental health symptoms.
Every member of the Charlie Health team is fueled by an unwavering passion for our mission. If you share this commitment, we invite you to join us in making a tangible impact on the mental health landscape.
About the Role
Charlie Health is a pioneer in its approach to mental health treatment. In addition to providing superior Clinical care from the nation’s most talented and passionate clinicians, Charlie Health offers unparallelled and effective holistic treatment via our groundbreaking Integrative care including Contemplative, Creative Arts, and Experiential Programming. We firmly believe that thriving, sustainable health is the result of treating the whole person - mind, body, and spirit - and our vIOP deeply embodies this philosophy. As such, we advocate for and provide inclusive, accessible, diverse, cosmopolitan healing approaches that transcend the conventional Western psychological model. Charlie Health’s synergistic Clinical + Integrative treatment model affords cutting edge mental health care that proudly serves our amazing clients.
Charlie Health is excited to expand its Contemplative Programming Department. Aligned with the growing bodies of research that evidence positive psychological transformation as a result of contemplative interventions and practices rooted in wisdom traditions, our Contemplative Practitioners support our clients in developing mindful awareness, cultivating wisdom, discovering purpose, living compassionately, and practicing self-inquiry. Some of our current therapeutic modalities include Yoga Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Mindful Self Compassion, Breathwork, Philosophical Consultation, Transpersonal Psychology, Spiritual Coaching, Meditation, and Chaplaincy. Some of the modalities we are eager to include are Contemplative Psychotherapy, Contemplative Arts, Dreamwork, Depth Psychology and many more.
Charlie Health is hiring a few exceptional Contemplative Practitioners to provide remote, telehealth services to our adolescent and young adult clients. We’re eager to work with forward-thinking mental health and substance use professionals to enhance our programming and provide the best possible care to our clients.
This is a contract / 1099 position that allows you the flexibility to schedule sessions and work wherever you are most comfortable. We request that our facilitators are able to dedicate at minimum 9 permanent group hours per week to facilitate group sessions and build valuable connections with our clients.
People know Charlie Health for our warm and empathetic team. While each individual facilitator has their own interests, expertise, and style, we require all team members to be well versed in a variety of therapeutic modalities. Our clients are struggling to cope with underlying mental health issues and benefit from facilitators that are sophisticated and relational. Successful candidates are committed to bettering the mental health of their clients, and are adept at self-care, ensuring they are prepared to give their best every day to address the rural mental health crisis.
About You
- Able to demonstrate expertise in your contemplative practices (e.g. Yoga Therapists (C-IAYT), Yoga Teachers (RYT), Mindfulness (MBSR), Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), etc.) and feel confident integrating them into your treatment approach
- Confident and experienced in working with teens and young adults
- Passionate about the benefits of group practices and skilled in conducting group sessions
- Ability to work effectively in a team
- Creative and engaging, especially over video!
Qualifications
- Clinical experience and/or experience in mental health or behavioral health is required for this role. Please do not apply if you do not meet this qualification.
- Must be available during late afternoons and evenings on weekdays (3-8pm MT on Monday to Thursday) and on Saturdays to meet the schedules of our adolescent and young adult clients
- Experience with adolescents and young adults is required
- Experience with high acuity populations is required
- Must be certified in your contemplative practice (all disciplines are welcome to apply), and/or hold a Clinical license
- Minimum 3 years of teaching/facilitating experience in your contemplative field
- Master’s degree in mental health or related field strongly preferred
- Availability between 9 and 40 hours per week
- The technical ability to run effective telehealth sessions
- Reliable WIFI connection when meeting with clients
- 1099 Position, part time with opportunity to grow into full time position
- Familiarity with and willingness to use cloud-based communication software—Gmail, Slack, Zoom, Dropbox–in addition to EMR and survey software on a daily basis
- Work authorized in the United States and native or bilingual English proficiency #liremote
Our Values
- Connection
- Care deeply
- We care personally about every single person in the Charlie Health ecosystem: our clients, providers, and team members alike.
- Inspire hope
- We inspire hope with every interaction, reminding our clients that we truly and unconditionally believe in them.
- Congruence
- Stay curious
- We ask “why” five times before we’re satisfied with the answer. We don’t stick to the status quo; we challenge our assumptions and remain humble.
- Heed the evidence
- Above all, we’re results-oriented. When we find data that calls our original plan into question, we modify or pivot.
- Commitment
- Act with urgency
- We work as swiftly as possible. The mental health crisis is relentless, and so are we.
- Don’t give up
- Our clients don’t give up and neither do we. Persistence is our superpower.
Please do not call our public clinical admissions line in regard to this or any other job posting.
Please be cautious of potential recruitment fraud. If you are interested in exploring opportunities at Charlie Health, please go directly to our Careers Page: https://www.charliehealth.com/careers/current-openings. Charlie Health will never ask you to pay a fee or download software as part of the interview process with our company. In addition, Charlie Health will not ask for your personal banking information until you have signed an offer of employment and completed onboarding paperwork that is provided by our People Operations team. All communications with Charlie Health Talent and People Operations professionals will only be sent from @charliehealth.com email addresses. Legitimate emails will never originate from gmail.com, yahoo.com, or other commercial email services.
Recruiting agencies, please do not submit unsolicited referrals for this or any open role. We have a roster of agencies with whom we partner, and we will not pay any fee associated with unsolicited referrals.
At Charlie Health, we value being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to cultivate an environment where individuals can be their authentic selves. Being an Equal Opportunity Employer means every member of our team feels as though they are supported and belong. We value diverse perspectives to help us provide essential mental health and substance use disorder treatments to all young people.
Charlie Health applicants are assessed solely on their qualifications for the role, without regard to disability or need for accommodation.
