Mental-Health Crisis Prevention Expert

Role Title: Mental-Health Crisis Prevention Expert

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

micro1 is engaging Mental-Health Crisis Prevention Experts to contribute to a customer-focused project centering on mental-health safety and crisis prevention frameworks. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters. This engagement is ideal for contributors passionate about advancing safe digital mental-health practices and creating resources that support individuals at risk.

Scope of Work

Develop and refine structured taxonomies related to self-harm, eating disorders, emotional dependency, and suicide prevention. Design comprehensive frameworks for detecting potentially harmful advice or crisis signals within digital environments. Create and validate rubrics for clinical response standards that prioritize mental-health safety and crisis intervention protocols. Establish benchmark guidelines to evaluate risk, support vulnerable individuals, and minimize harm across digital platforms. Contribute expert insight to the development of mental-health safety evaluation tools, focusing on adolescent and adult populations. Review, annotate, and classify real-world scenarios for AI training, ensuring high accuracy and ethical alignment. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary expert community to ensure all deliverables meet the highest standards of clinical credibility and care.

Preferred Qualifications

Licensed clinician (therapist, psychiatrist, or psychologist) with significant crisis-care and clinical safety experience. 5+ years of direct practice within mental-health crisis response, adolescent mental-health, or related care settings; 8–20 years preferred for advanced assignments. Demonstrable expertise in self-harm prevention, suicide prevention, eating disorders, or emergency mental-health support. Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience creating clinical documentation, guidelines, or evaluation frameworks. Advanced degree, professional certification, or equivalent proven operational experience in psychology, psychiatry, or similar domains. Experience with clinical risk assessment, digital mental-health platforms, or relevant research is a plus. Commitment to upholding ethical standards, privacy protections, and evidence-based practice in all project contributions.