- Fully remote practicum
- No, Just use UW Academic Calendar
- Yes
- Not Applicable
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
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- Adolescents
- Children
- Community/Coalitions
- Community Mental Health
- Families
- Healthcare
- Mental Health
- Organizations/Development
Description
Teleo is a virtual therapy platform for children that makes remote therapy more engaging for clients and easier to facilitate for therapists. Therapists, kids, and caregivers love Teleo, and we now have over 1200 practices on our platform.
We are mission-driven, collaborative, user-obsessed.
OUR MISSION:
Teleo makes quality mental healthcare accessible everywhere. Everything we do serves that mission.
Teleo is a Public Benefit Corporation and is committed to giving 1% of profits to benefit children's mental health.
Learning Opportunities
Come learn about the intersection of clinical innovation and tech with us! The Teleo clinical team focuses on:
- Building clinical community and clinician support
- Hosting drop-in consult groups
- Meeting one-on-one with clinicians who work with kids and teens on Teleo to build relationships, assess their needs, and connect them to community supports
- Creating helpful content for the community and Clinician Resource Center
- Clinical product
- Leveraging insights from clinical theory and clinician conversations to influence product decisions, focusing on high-quality, evidence-based interventions.
- Clinical resources
- Supporting the growth of an extensive clinical resources list by vetting submissions for clinical quality
Micro
While this is not a micro placement, micro practice skills are utilized in one-on-one supportive conversations with clinicians using the Teleo Platform, as well as supportive clinician engagement in our clinical community.
Mezzo
-Attending cross-functional team meetings
-Support new clinician onboarding and learning of the mental health tools offered by Teleo
-Supporting with managing our clinical resource database, including responding to user (mental health clinicians) submissions of resources
-Creating content for our clinical resource center and activity bank
-Planning EBP intervention curriculums
-Supporting with our research projects (IRB approved in partnership with Stanford University)
-Supporting clinician engagement in our clinician-user community
-Shadowing, and later conducting, user calls and seeing the integration of clinician feedback into the product roadmap
Macro
-Supporting research projects (IRB approved) focused on strengthening clinical quality outcomes over telehealth
-Building out programs for telehealth initiatives, including building evidence-based curricula.
-Advocating for more equity in mental health care access.
Additional Perks or Funding
-Learn about the intersection of Mental Health Programs and Tech
-Learn how to apply social work values and ethics in corporate settings
-Gain tangible experience on cross-functional product and tech teams
Required Experience
We are looking for students who:
- Are interested in learning about how technology can be used to improve care access and quality.
- Passion for improving child and teen mental health outcomes
- Exposure to and respect for a wide variety of therapy approaches and techniques
- Evidence-driven mindset
-Has some direct experience working directly with children and/or teens (this could be subclinical, such as case management prior to grad school, or from a first-year placement)
The ideal candidate:
-Believes in our mission: Teleo makes quality mental healthcare accessible everywhere. Everything we do serves that mission.
-Communicates openly: We work collaboratively, openly, and transparently with every team member, partner, and user.
-Has a growth mindset: We value failure, feedback, and learning over momentary perfection.
-Works smart, keeps balance: We value focused, intentional work and personal satisfaction over hours spent tasking.
-Respects and embraces diversity: Diversity in all its forms excites us, and is worthy of respect.
Required/Preferred Languages
English proficiency required
How to Apply
Please email your resume and brief statement of interest (okay to include in the body of the email) to: Rachel McEvoy, LICSW at rachel@teleo.space
Please Note: Rachel will be on maternity leave from mid January to April, and will be conducting interviews upon her return in Early April.