About Flourish Labs
Flourish Labs is a healthcare company on a mission to scale professional peer support with tech to address the mental health crisis.
We expand the mental health workforce by hiring and training young adults with diverse backgrounds and past experience of mental health challenges to become certified Peer Support Specialists. On Peers.net, our HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform, teenagers and young adults can book a 1 on 1 session with a professional peer supporter of their choice, on demand.
Our professional peer supporters provide emotional support, teach skills, and share their knowledge and personal experiences dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, stress, body image issues, LGBTQ+ questions, and more. More than half identify as LGBTQ+ and/or BIPOC.
We ensure quality, manage risk and measure outcomes via a combination of human supervisors and AI. Our proprietary training curriculum was developed to state and national certification standards with experienced peers, online learning design experts, and young adults.
We partner with health plans and provider groups to deliver quality mental health care at lower cost.
Obi Felten (former Google) and Kim Newell Green (former Kaiser Permanente pediatrician) founded Flourish Labs in 2021. We are a seed stage startup backed by Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), Collaborative Fund, Learn Capital, WGU Labs, One Mind, Tiny and angels with operating experience in healthcare and technology.
What you’ll do in this role:
- Make an impact on an early stage startup. You’ll get the inside scoop on how early stage start-ups function, and will have the opportunity to contribute your thoughts and ideas to the internal team.
- Join (or lead!) a subcommittee. The goals of the Peers Advisory Committee will be accomplished by dividing the work between self-run subcommittees. We plan to organize the subcommittees around 1) on-campus advocacy and awareness work and 2) market and user research. Some examples of the subcommittees include a University Outreach Team, Social Media Team, and Press Team. The subcommittees are subject to change based on the needs of the company.
- Provide product feedback. As members of our target audience, we’ll ask you to be the first testers of new features and pages on our website. We’ll ask your opinion on how to tackle challenges we’re facing as a company and will use your feedback to make our service better.
What we’re looking for:
- Self-starters. Much of the work on this committee will be self-led. We’re looking for people who can work independently and aren’t afraid to get started.
- Creative thinkers. We are going to be asking for ample feedback as we continue to launch new iterations of our product. There will be unique problems that require unique thinking to solve. We are looking for people who aren’t afraid to face challenges and think outside of the box to find solutions.
- Team players. The nature of the committee is collaboration and innovation. We are looking for people who work well with others and build upon ideas.
- Passionate about mental health. Flourish Labs is working to provide affordable and accessible mental health solutions to everyone who needs it. We are looking for people who align with our mission and are just as passionate about mental health as we are!
- Leaders. We are looking for people who aren’t afraid to step forward and take charge. We have roles within the Peers Advisory Committee that allow you to lead your own projects and take initiative.
- Diversity. We are want to create a committee that is diverse in all aspects—representing all types of people. This is so we can make the best product for our users that has included a multitude of different voices.
Other fun incentives for joining the Peers Advisory Committee:
- A welcome package with Flourish Labs merch
- Payment for select projects
- Quarterly career talks with the Flourish Labs team
- Opportunity to build your resume with industry specific experiences
- Inside look at an early stage startup
- Opportunities and budget to help us spread the word about Peers.net on your campus through events, social media, and advocacy.
- Free peer support sessions on Peers.net and discounted sessions for your friends
Please note, this is an unpaid position with some paid opportunities on a project basis.
