About Thrive
Thrive Collaborative is a practice built by clinicians, for clinicians. We provide expert special education assessment and consultation to California schools and families, and we have designed Thrive to be the kind of place we always wanted to work.
For you, that means real flexibility and autonomy over your schedule, genuine room to grow as a professional, and a small team that feels like family. It also means a stake in our success: Thrive shares its profits with the team, and every employee gets visibility into how the company is doing, so you can bring an owner’s mindset and share in what you help build.
On every assessment, a Lead clinician is paired with a Support clinician, so you are never doing it alone. We work with each other, not around each other.
The Role
As a Flex Clinician, you’re the versatile heart of Thrive’s delivery team. Your work shifts across the year with our clients’ needs and your own preferences, supporting assessments, leading one-off evaluations, picking up blocks of work for clients who sign on mid-year (for example, a batch of cases for a new charter school), and conducting independent educational evaluations (IEEs). It’s primarily in-person work, with the flexibility to take on virtual support and report writing as well.
Because in-person assessments are the backbone of what we deliver, every Flex Clinician commits to a minimum of about 10 in-person cases per year. Most assignments are in the Greater Bay Area, with additional travel elsewhere in California offered when it’s available and you’re open to it. Travel time is paid and expenses are covered for any travel beyond a normal one-way commute of 30 miles. Assessment work is paid through our project-based model; other work is hourly.
Who Thrives Here
Thrive is built for a particular kind of clinician. You set a high bar for yourself and clear it without being asked. You do your best work with autonomy and minimal oversight, you take real ownership of your outcomes, and you would rather find a solution than wait for permission. You also treat the schools and families you serve as true partners: you communicate proactively, respond quickly, and look for ways to make their experience better.
You are growth-minded and curious. You are eager to learn and to put new tools to work, including AI, so you can deliver better, faster, and smarter, never at the expense of clinical quality or ethical standards. And you value flexibility: these roles are designed for exceptional clinicians who want meaningful part-time work that fits around a private practice, family life, or other pursuits.
If you want to do exceptional work alongside people who hold themselves to the same high standard, you will feel right at home.
What You’ll Do
- Serving as Lead or Support on psychoeducational, FBA, ERMHS, academic, and IEE assessments, depending on assignment.
- Conducting in-person assessment activities during scheduled trips, and authoring or contributing to reports.
- Traveling for in-person assessment assignments as needed.
- Stepping in to cover overflow, one-off, and new-client work where a single clinician is needed.
- Collaborating with Leads, Support clinicians, families, and IEP teams to deliver accurate, on-time results.
- Joining monthly workgroups, team meetings, and one-on-ones.
What We’re Looking For
- Active PPS Credential in School Psychology (CA CTC) OR an active BCBA credential, or both.
- Experience completing the relevant assessments (psychoeducational/ERMHS/academic for psychologists; FBAs for BCBAs) in a school setting.
- Based in or near the Greater Bay Area, with genuine openness to additional travel across California when assignments come up, and a commitment to at least about 10 in-person cases per year.
- Reliable ability to travel to school sites across the state for in-person assessments and IEEs.
- Openness to IEE assignments, which may require travel.
- Clear, warm communication, strong organization, and comfort juggling varied assignments independently.
- The accountability and self-direction to own your caseload and deliver excellent work with minimal oversight, on time, every time.
- A growth mindset and genuine openness to learning and to new tools, including AI, that help you work smarter without compromising clinical quality or professional standards.
- A genuine customer-service mindset: you see the schools and families you serve as partners, communicate proactively, and look for ways to improve the experience Thrive delivers.
Nice to have
- Dual credentialing (PPS and BCBA).
- Comfort administering cognitive and academic assessment batteries, including virtually (tele-assessment).
- Bilingual (Spanish/English).
What We Offer
A different kind of place to do your best work.
- Flexibility. Part-time, flexible scheduling that fits around your life, including the freedom to keep a private practice or work with other organizations. We ask for availability during school hours but don’t dictate your daily hours.
- Growth. Monthly workgroups and shared learning within a practice that keeps investing in better tools and methods.
- Culture. A small, supportive work family. Collaboration by choice, autonomy with minimal oversight, and honest reflection.
- Ways to grow and earn. Transparent pay and multiple paths to expand your role and your earnings over time.
Our Values
Compensation
This is a part-time, non-exempt (W-2) position paid through Thrive’s project-based pay model.
You’re paid a clear, fixed rate for each completed assessment, plus your hourly rate for non-assessment work such as training, meetings, and consultation. While an assessment is in progress you receive 50% of your hourly rate for the hours you log; the remaining balance is paid as a bonus once the assessment is complete (typically when the IEP meeting is held). You always know what you’ll earn, and you can take on more to grow your income.
- Travel: paid at 50% of your hourly rate, with expenses covered for assignments requiring travel.
- Project pay: on top of your hourly rate, every completed assessment earns a fixed project rate. The amount depends on the assessment type and your role on the collaborative team, and add-on assessments such as Academics, ERMHS, and IEEs increase it further. Because our Lead and Support model splits each assessment between two clinicians, specific project rates are shared in your offer, where we can walk you through how they work.
- Profit-share bonus: beyond your hourly and project pay, Thrive shares 20% of company profits with the team. Your share is based on your performance metrics and the volume you deliver. This profit share is committed annually and paid at year-end; when budgets allow, it may be paid twice a year.
Final hourly and project rates are confirmed in your offer letter, based on your experience and location.
How to Apply
Applying takes one step. Complete a single short form with your resume, a brief video (about two to three minutes) answering two role-specific prompts, and a quick survey. It should take about 20 to 30 minutes total, and you have up to five days to finish once you begin. We read every application and will be in touch either way.
Don’t see your exact fit? You can also join our talent pool.
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The demands described are representative of those that must be met to perform the essential functions of this position; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities. They include physical, mental, and emotional stamina to perform the duties of the position; manual dexterity sufficient to write and use a computer and telephone; vision sufficient to read printed materials; hearing and speaking ability sufficient for in-person and telephone conversations; physical agility to push/pull, squat, twist, bend, stoop, and reach overhead; physical mobility sufficient to move about the work environment (office, district, school or home, site-to-site), drive an automobile, and respond to emergencies; physical strength sufficient to lift a child weighing 45 pounds; physical stamina sufficient to sit, stand, or walk for prolonged periods; and mental acuity to collect and interpret data, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and make sound judgments.
A Note on Scope
This job description does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed in this position. Employees may be asked to follow other job-related instructions and perform other job-related duties as requested. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions, subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. The requirements listed are minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.
Thrive Collaborative is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.