Adolescent Addiction Specialist for AI Training

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OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling. We connect specialized professionals with opportunities to help shape how artificial intelligence understands complex, real-world situations.

As an OpenTrain contractor, you can build a professional AI training portfolio, discover projects aligned with your expertise, and apply your knowledge to the development of more capable and responsible AI systems.

• Remote contractor opportunity
• Part-time work with a stated commitment of 20 or more hours per week
• Pay range of $45 to $95 USD per hour
• Work conducted in English

About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Experts review examples, evaluate model outputs, write careful guidance, and provide feedback that helps AI systems respond more accurately and safely.

In this role, your clinical judgment will help assess whether AI-generated reasoning about adolescent substance use is accurate, appropriately cautious, and consistent with established clinical standards.

• Contribute directly to the development of AI systems
• Apply professional expertise to sensitive clinical scenarios
• Help improve the quality, safety, and consistency of model responses

The Role

OpenTrain is seeking an Adolescent Addiction Specialist to support AI training through expert review of clinical cases involving youth substance use. You will assess risk, severity, safety, urgency, and recommended responses while explaining your clinical reasoning in clear written English.

The work requires specialized experience with adolescents affected by substance use, strong knowledge of substance use disorder frameworks, and sound judgment when evaluating possible withdrawal, overdose, safeguarding, and intervention risks.

• Subject matter focus: adolescent substance use clinical review
• Employment type: contractor and part time
• Work format: remote
• Experience level listed for the opportunity: entry level

What You'll Do

You will review clinical case materials and produce thorough, actionable assessments. Your work will help establish whether proposed responses are clinically appropriate and whether sensitive scenarios require escalation or immediate action.

You will also compare assessments with peer input and published best practices to support consistency and rigor across clinical reviews.

• Assess adolescent substance use cases for risk, severity, and intervention urgency
• Apply DSM-5 substance use disorder and ASAM frameworks to stage severity and recommend an appropriate level of care
• Evaluate the safety and clinical appropriateness of proposed and alternative interventions
• Review pharmacological options when relevant
• Distinguish developmentally normal experimentation from clinically significant substance use patterns
• Identify withdrawal, overdose, and safeguarding risks requiring escalation or immediate action
• Write clear guidance for non-specialists and explain the rationale behind recommendations
• Reference relevant standards or guidelines
• Compare your assessments with peer input and published best practices

Requirements

Candidates should bring substantial, current clinical expertise involving adolescents and substance use. The source requirements call for three to five or more years of post-certification experience working directly with adolescents affected by substance use, along with an active credential and recent adolescent caseload experience.

You should be able to make careful clinical judgments in high-risk situations and communicate them in research-standard written English.

• Active clinical license or professional registration in good standing
• Three to five or more years of post-certification experience working directly with adolescents affected by substance use
• Recent adolescent caseload experience
• Specialty in addiction medicine, or child and adolescent psychiatry or psychology focused on substance use disorders
• Direct adolescent substance use assessment and treatment experience
• Ability to apply DSM-5 substance use disorder and ASAM severity and level-of-care criteria
• Proficiency with adolescent screening and severity-staging tools including CRAFFT, S2BI, DSM-5, and ASAM criteria
• Judgment in identifying withdrawal, overdose, safeguarding, and intervention risks
• Research-standard written English for clear, actionable clinical guidance

Helpful Background

The following experience is not listed as required, but may strengthen your fit for the project and help you contribute additional perspective to clinical case review.

• Training in motivational interviewing
• Adolescent inpatient or crisis care experience
• Experience developing guidelines for youth substance use disorders
• Experience publishing on youth substance use disorders
• Familiarity with medication for opioid use disorder and withdrawal management protocols for people under 18

Schedule, Pay, and Application

This is a remote, part-time contractor opportunity. The source listing describes a commitment of 10 to 15 or more hours per week, while the structured schedule information specifies 20 or more hours per week. Review the current project details during the application process for the applicable workload.

The listed hourly pay range is $45 to $95 USD. Create a free OpenTrain account to build your profile and apply your adolescent addiction expertise to AI training work.

• Remote worldwide opportunity
• Part-time contractor engagement
• $45 to $95 USD per hour
• 20 or more hours per week listed in the structured schedule
• Apply through OpenTrain