Emotional Distress Clinical Specialist | Safety Project
About the project
We are opening a freelance opportunity for the Safety Project — Emotional Distress (Clinical track) , a project focused on evaluating how AI systems respond in sensitive conversations involving emotional distress, suicidal ideation, and depression. The goal of this project is to assess whether the AI can respond with empathy, responsibility, and appropriate safety awareness in high-risk emotional scenarios.
In this track, selected contributors will perform two complementary activities :
01
Role-play
participate in structured multi-turn conversations with an AI system, acting according to a predefined persona and scenario representative of real clinical presentations.
02
Evaluation
review AI responses against clinical criteria, assessing risk recognition, appropriateness of safety messaging, empathy, accuracy of psychoeducation, and adherence to evidence-based crisis-response practices.
This dual contribution is what makes the clinical track distinct: we need professionals who can both embody a sensitive scenario and judge the AI's response with clinical rigor.
02 — WHAT YOU'LL DO
What will you do?
- Conduct role-play sessions as a clinically informed person across multi-turn conversations
- Evaluate AI responses for safety, empathy, clinical appropriateness, and risk handling
- Provide structured written feedback grounded in clinical reasoning
- Flag responses that miss risk signals, give unsafe guidance, or fall short of best-practice crisis communication
03 — COMPENSATION
Compensation
Payment is made per approved task: US$40 per approved task . Each task takes approximately 1 hour to complete. Only approved tasks are eligible for payment.
‼️ AI is not allowed. If we spot AI use, we'll block the application.
⚠️ This application must be completed entirely in English .
⚠️ Important warning: This project involves highly sensitive topics, including emotional distress, suicidal ideation, and depression. These tasks may be emotionally triggering for some people.
02 — ELIGIBILITY
Who can apply
Licensed or formally trained professionals in psychiatry, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, psychiatric nursing, or related mental health fields — including those working in crisis centers, helplines, or other mental health support environments. Experience in suicide prevention, crisis intervention, or risk assessment is highly valued.