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Liberty Healthcare
Rancho Cucamonga, California

LCSW or LMFT – forensic mental health

Counselor 8.5 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$85K - $95K

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists are encouraged to consider an outstanding career opportunity with Liberty Healthcare.

Liberty Healthcare is now accepting applications for a full-time Clinician position with our organization’s forensic mental health program in San Bernardino County.

This program exclusively serves adult inmates who are justice involved and actively experiencing mental illness. Services are provided onsite at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

Program objectives include facilitating early access to mental health assessment and treatment as well as providing effective competency training and restoration services.

As a Clinician with Liberty, you enjoy an array of responsibilities, including:

  • Providing mental health services to program clients one-to-one and in-person
  • Performing psychosocial evaluations
  • Providing cognitive-behavioral treatment, psychoeducation and crisis intervention
  • Documenting treatment and client progress
  • Participating in clinical team meetings
  • Taking a leadership role in individual treatment team planning
  • Consulting and collaborating with clinical, ancillary and security staff
  • Helping to ensure program clients receive high quality mental health services

As a full-time employee of Liberty Healthcare in this role, you can expect:

  • Starting salary between $85,000 and $95,000 (depending on qualifications)
  • Health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance
  • 30 days of paid time off each year for holidays, vacation, sick leave, and personal days
  • Health Savings Account, 401k plan, and other perks

Full details on Liberty's benefits plan are available at libertyhealthcare.com

The work schedule for this position is Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm and requires you to work onsite in-person at the West Valley Detention Center.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities include providing one-to-one, in-person mental health services, performing psychosocial evaluations, and delivering cognitive-behavioral treatment, psychoeducation, and crisis intervention to adult inmates in a forensic mental health program. Clinicians will also document progress, participate in team meetings, and collaborate with clinical and security staff.

Requirements

Applicants must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) to serve justice-involved adults with mental illness at the West Valley Detention Center. The role involves facilitating mental health assessment, treatment, competency training, and restoration services.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment DocumentationConsultationCollaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LCSW or LMFT – forensic mental health at Liberty Healthcare a 8.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 8,026 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Counselor Career Context

Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 80/100, 85 active listings.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 32% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$90k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $81k 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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401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
47%
Sign-on bonus
41%
Loan repayment
15%
PSLF eligible
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 8.5
Among the best 10% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,026 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Rancho Cucamonga

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$705k≈ 8.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,802/mo≈ 40% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
106.4
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
30 days PTO
Health Savings Account
401k plan