Remote Adolescent/Child Safeguarding & Exploitation Specialist — AI Research & Domain Evaluation

ZR Talent Group has an active remote opening for a Remote Adolescent/Child Safeguarding & Exploitation Specialist — AI Research & Domain Evaluation ($45 - $95/hour). This flexible work-from-home role pairs experienced practitioners in Clinical reasoning, Clinical risk assessment, Severity staging, Intervention judgment with leading machine learning laboratories to author high-difficulty prompts, verify factual and technical rigor, and refine multi-step reasoning outputs.

Prior experience building machine learning systems is not required—our research partners value authentic practitioner judgment, domain rigor, and clear analytical writing.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

• Review complex adolescent cases to assess sexual safety and exploitation (CSE/CSA) risks.
• Produce clear, defensible written safeguarding guidance suitable for non-specialists.
• Apply recognised risk-assessment and safeguarding frameworks to evaluate urgency and appropriate interventions.
• Identify indicators of grooming, coercion, and exploitation within nuanced case details.
• Recommend protective actions and escalation pathways, including when mandatory reporting is warranted.
• Utilise a trauma-informed lens, weighing developmental, capacity, and consent factors in each assessment.
• Benchmark your clinical judgments against peer standards and established protocols to ensure guidance accuracy and reliability.

Required Qualifications & Technical Criteria

• Demonstrated professional or advanced academic background in Clinical reasoning, Clinical risk assessment, Severity staging, Intervention judgment.
• Strong analytical writing and critical evaluation skills in English.
• Self-directed work ethic suited for an asynchronous, 100% remote research environment.

Preferred Experience & Bonus Attributes

• 3–5+ years post-qualification experience in child safeguarding, adolescent-protection, or relevant clinical roles.
• Specialty background in child protection, forensic child/adolescent psychiatry or psychology, or paediatric medicine with a safeguarding remit.
• Active clinical license or registration in good standing.
• Current or recent (within the last two years) adolescent caseload or safeguarding practice.
• Demonstrated expertise in CSE/CSA risk assessment and mandatory-reporting requirements.
• Strong skills in trauma-informed practice and documentation.
• Exceptional written communication in research-grade English (native, or IELTS 7.5+/writing 7.0+, TOEFL 100+, Cambridge C1–C2, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated background in a designated safeguarding or expert-witness capacity, and familiarity with ACEs and trauma frameworks, is a plus.
• Start Timeline & Availability
• We typically fill roles within 48 hours and are looking for experts ready to jump in right away. If selected, we expect you to start your first tasks within 24 – 48 hours of completing onboarding.

Compensation, Remote Eligibility & Schedule

• Compensation Band: $45 - $95/hour
• Work Model: 100% Remote / Work From Home with flexible asynchronous scheduling
• Eligible Remote Locations: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Current Openings: 3 active specialist positions
• Hiring Organization: ZR Talent Group
• Core Skills & Technologies: Clinical reasoning, Clinical risk assessment, Severity staging, Intervention judgment, Adolescent/Child safeguarding, Exploitation risk detection, Safeguarding escalation, Consent & developmental judgment