Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinical Advisor (AI Safety Benchmark Project)

We are partnering with a leading AI research organisation to develop a clinician-informed benchmark for evaluating how AI companion chatbots respond to adolescents experiencing mental health challenges. As AI companions become increasingly common sources of emotional support, there is a growing need for rigorous, clinically grounded evaluation of how these systems handle sensitive situations such as suicide risk, therapeutic guidance, and emotional dependency. We're seeking experienced Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, and Mental Health Researchers to contribute their expertise in designing realistic clinical scenarios and evaluation standards for this important AI safety initiative.

**Responsibilities**

• Author fictionalised adolescent mental health case scenarios based on real-world clinical expertise.

• Review scenarios for clinical realism, developmental appropriateness, and ethical considerations.

• Help develop and refine clinician-informed evaluation rubrics for AI chatbot responses.

• Review a subset of AI-generated conversations and provide expert judgment to calibrate automated evaluation systems.

• Advise on best practices for assessing AI behaviour across key mental health domains, including:

- Suicide & Self-Harm (risk recognition, safety planning, crisis referral)

- Medical & Therapeutic Impersonation (diagnosis, treatment advice, discouraging professional care)

- Parasocial Attachment & Anthropomorphism (claims of consciousness, emotional dependency, discouraging trusted relationships)

**Requirements**

We are looking for clinicians and researchers with substantial expertise in child and adolescent mental health.

Required Qualifications

• MD, DO, PhD, PsyD, or equivalent qualification in Psychiatry, Psychology, or a related mental health field.

• Clinical or research experience focused on children and adolescents.

• Expertise in one or more of the following:

- Suicide prevention

- Self-harm assessment

- Child & adolescent psychiatry

- Clinical child psychology

- Digital mental health

- Evidence-based therapies such as DBT or CBT

• Strong written communication skills and ability to provide structured clinical feedback.

• Comfortable reviewing fictional clinical scenarios and evaluating AI-generated conversations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience conducting suicide risk assessments or crisis intervention.

• Academic or published research in adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, or digital therapeutics.

• Experience developing clinical guidelines, assessment frameworks, or educational materials.

• Prior work involving AI, digital health technologies, or mental health product evaluation.

• Experience supervising trainees or participating in multidisciplinary clinical teams.

**Role Details**

• Commitment: Approximately 10-15 hours per week.

• Compensation: $80 - $150 USD per hour

**Why Join?**

• Help shape the future of safe AI systems for adolescents.

• Apply your clinical expertise to one of the most important emerging questions in AI safety and digital mental health.

• Collaborate with researchers developing rigorous evaluation standards for AI companion chatbots.

• Contribute to work that may influence future AI research, independent benchmarking, and responsible deployment of conversational AI.