General Interest Application for Mental Health Therapists

Interested in joining Hazel in our mission to transform children’s access to health care? 

Apply to join our waitlist to be considered for future (W2) Therapist opportunities!

Please take a moment to explore our available clinical positions. If you don’t find a role that aligns with your current clinical license(s), express your interest by completing this application and answering a few questions about yourself. We'll keep an eye on incoming applications and contact you when a suitable opportunity arises!

About Us:

Hazel Health, the leader in school-based telehealth, partners with school districts as an extension of the school health team to provide mental and physical health services to K-12 students where they are–at school or at home. Nearly 4 million students are eligible for Hazel care across over 150 school districts nationwide. Hazel’s mission is to transform children’s access to health care because when students feel better, they learn better.

Physical and mental telehealth has become more relevant in the lives of children than ever before. Hazel is experiencing tremendous company growth as we respond to our nation’s call for equitable, affordable, and safe virtual access to healthcare.

We are a mission-driven team of healthcare and business leaders, educators, and tech innovators, bringing together our unique skills in a meaningful way to do good in the world. Please consider joining us to share your gifts and talents with a growing and diverse organization, working to make healthcare available to all students.

At Hazel Health, we believe talent is everywhere, and so is opportunity. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Dallas, we have embraced working remotely throughout the United States.

Hazel currently provides mental health services in the following states: CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, MD, MA, MO, NV, TX, VA, and WA

If you don't find your state listed above, we'd be thrilled to still hear from you. Our expansion into new states means there's ample opportunity for future consideration!

Check us out at Hazel Health Careers. 

The Role: Pediatric Mental Health Therapist

About This Role:

As a Pediatric Mental Health Therapist (Virtual), your primary responsibility will be to provide quality mental health care to students within our partner school districts. You will interact and build relationships with school personnel, family members, and other stakeholders working to bring accessible healthcare to students nationwide.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide virtual high-quality, evidence based, virtual mental health counseling, and therapeutic interventions to an assigned caseload of K-12 students.
• As needed, may diagnose, conduct initial mental health intake assessments, and create individual treatment plans according to student needs and circumstances.
• Conducts clinical screeners and ongoing assessments of student progress.
• Collaborates with the care management team to ensure a successful transition into Hazel services, and identify and support external transition services.
• Obtains credentialing and additional clinical state licenses, as requested by Hazel’s licensing and credentialing departments.
• Be an active member of our clinical team by participating in trainings, meetings, and other activities.
• Ensure that all documentation is completed accurately and in a timely manner, adhering to established guidelines and requirements.
• Maintains a minimum required weekly availability and productivity levels established by Clinical Leadership.
• May provide consultative telehealth crisis support for school partners or students, as assigned.

About You:

We are looking for diverse individuals who want to support our mission and values. Please consider applying even if you don't fully meet 100% of these criteria. 

• Passion for our Mission
• Required: Current and unrestricted license to practice independently without supervision (unlicensed professionals do not qualify)
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a school-based setting or with school-aged children
• Can obtain an acceptable Fingerprint (FBI) Criminal Background check upon hire
• Possess a working knowledge of diagnosis and assessment practices, treatment strategies, and interventions related to the mental health needs of children and their families. 
• Telehealth experience preferred 
• Strong technological skills, including the ability to learn new software and programs and complete digital documentation 
• Communicates and works effectively with people of diverse social, economic, age, gender, and cultural backgrounds
• Strong organizational skills, with experience using tools and resources, to effectively manage and prioritize key information and tasks
• Effective and proactive communicator (verbal and written) through use of multiple channels 
• Willingness/ability to gain licensure in other states, as needed (paid for by Hazel), and provide services in those states
• Have a private space free from other people to ensure confidentiality while providing virtual counseling
• Willingness/ability to go through Hazel's credentialing process
• Bilingual a strong plus - Spanish, Mandarin, Armenian, Russian, Korean, and Tagalog fluency highly desired - Additional compensation for language fluency available

Schedule

Maintain availability for 7 sessions per week during peak demand hours. Peak demand hours include sessions at common times where children and families want to be seen: school hours of school-based sessions, after-school hours, evenings, and weekends.

Compensation

• $40 to $85 per completed session
• Late cancellation within 24 hours or no-show: $30 per scheduled session

• $30 to $80 per completed session
• Late cancellation within 24 hours or no-show: $20 per scheduled session

Benefits 

• 12 company holidays
• Accrued Sick Time
• 401k program
• EAP
• Malpractice insurance

Our Stance On Diversity:

At Hazel, we don’t just accept differences—we thrive on them. We recognize that having diverse perspectives and backgrounds among our teammates makes our company, our solutions, and our service to families and schools stronger. We are committed to making Hazel an inclusive work environment and helping all staff grow professionally.

Hazel is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability status, or Veteran status. 

All offers of employment are conditioned on a candidate’s consent to a background check and our satisfaction with the results. Qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.