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Stockton, California · Hybrid

Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Behavioral Health (Stockton, CA)

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$100k-$110k

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Job Description

Opportunity Information

Gould Medical Group Seeks Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for Stockton, CA.

Gould Medical Group is looking for skilled professionals to work in an outpatient mental health clinic, serving a wide variety of mental health disorders for all age ranges. Duties will include individual and group psychotherapy with opportunities for family and couples’ work. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors may apply.

Position Details

  • Position available in Stockton, CA
  • Base salary $100,000-$110,000
  • Behavioral Health department consists of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Advanced Practice Clinicians
  • Would need to see adolescents and adults (12+)
  • Will be integrated with the OBGYN department seeing patients for perinatal anxiety, depression, menopause, perimenopause, infertility, abnormal women’s health results and couple’s therapy
  • Mostly short-term individual psychotherapy
  • Freedom to set work hours, schedule, treatment modality, treatment length, and patient population
  • Will need to have alternative hours, including some evening work after 5:00pm
  • Some telework available onsite
  • Call is one week in twenty-three (phone only)
  • Low paperwork demands
  • No inpatient work
  • Stable and growing group

Qualifications

  • Licensed clinician
  • Join Us and Enjoy
  • Annual 12.0% 401(k) gift
  • Annual CME / business expense allowance
  • Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Group paid malpractice and tail coverage
  • Individual and Group Performance Bonus
  • Relocation assistance

Organization Details

Gould Medical Group is a growing, 525+ clinician multi-specialty group located about two hours east of San Francisco, California. Our communities offer quick access to the bay area as well as other hot spots such as Napa Valley, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe.

  • Community Information
  • Close proximity to the Bay Area but a lower cost of living
  • Short driving distance to Yosemite, wine country, Lake Tahoe, Monterey
  • Centrally located with quick access to skiing, hiking, surfing, and entertainment venues of various types
  • Rapidly growing communities
  • Excellent school options
  • Average of 260 days of sunshine annually

Equal Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.

We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual and group psychotherapy for adolescents and adults in an outpatient mental health clinic. Integrate with the OBGYN department to treat patients facing perinatal anxiety, depression, and menopause-related issues.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Family TherapyCouples TherapyPerinatal Mental HealthClinical AssessmentTreatment Planning

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Clinical Social Worker or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Behavioral Health (Stockton, CA) at Sutter Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work social worker listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Social Worker Career Context

In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (944 salary observations; 1,766 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (6,661 salary observations; 20,737 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 32% have no call, 64% require no weekends — this position is remote.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$105k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $95k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Benefits & Perks

Annual 12.0% 401(k) gift
Annual CME / business expense allowance
Full health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Group paid malpractice and tail coverage
Individual and Group Performance Bonus
Relocation assistance