Child & Online Safety Expert

Role Title: Child & Online Safety Expert

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

micro1 is engaging Child & Online Safety Experts to contribute to a high-impact customer project focused on online safety and mental-health support for young people. 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 opportunity centers on developing a robust mental-health safety evaluation framework for vulnerable youth online, leveraging your deep knowledge of crisis-care and digital risk assessment.

Scope of Work

• Develop comprehensive taxonomies related to self-harm, suicide prevention, eating disorders, and emotional dependency in digital contexts.
• Establish best-practice standards for digital support and clinical safety regarding youth and adolescent mental health.
• Create detection frameworks to identify, flag, and evaluate potentially harmful online content and advice related to mental-health crises for minors.
• Design and refine clinical response rubrics and escalation protocols for at-risk individuals in digital environments.
• Collaborate with project leads to ensure that all evaluation benchmarks and guidelines are grounded in current research and clinical best practices.
• Offer insights on CSAM-adjacent policy and online exploitation dynamics, enhancing digital child safety protocols.
• Deliver clear, actionable written and verbal feedback that shapes the ongoing development of AI safety tools and frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed therapist, psychiatrist, clinician, or mental-health professional with direct crisis-care experience.
• 5+ years of focused work in adolescent mental health, suicide prevention, eating-disorder intervention, or related fields; 8–20 years welcomed for senior contributors.
• Demonstrated expertise in clinical risk assessment and intervention in digital or online settings.
• Advanced degree, specialized certification, or equivalent operational experience in mental-health or child safety domains.
• Experience evaluating or implementing CSAM-adjacent policies, or working within child online exploitation prevention initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information for diverse audiences.
• High credibility and a recognized track record of impact in clinical, crisis-response, or safety evaluation communities.