Child & Online Safety Expert
Micro1 • Remote
Education
Any
Type
hourly
Pay Rate (by country)
$50–$90/hr
Actively Hiring
5 openings
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About this Role
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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.
Requirements
- Child Safety
- CSAM-adjacent Policy
- Teen Safety
- Crisis-care
- Mental-health
- Must be eligible to work in Remote
Why This Role
Shape the "brain" of future AI. By working as a Child & Online Safety Expert, you ensure that future models understand the nuance of your field. At $70/hr, it's a lucrative way to preserve the integrity of your profession in the digital age.
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