LCSW or LMFT
Listed compensation
$65.00 per hour
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- Employment & setting
- Per Diem · on_site
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists are encouraged to consider an available PRN / as needed Clinician position with Liberty Healthcare.
Work setting and client population
Liberty Healthcare operates a specialized forensic mental health program located within the Maguire Correctional Facility – a San Mateo County jail.
This program exclusively serves adults who are justice-involved, experiencing mental illness, and have been determined to be incompetent to stand trial.
Mission
The goal of this cutting-edge program is to facilitate early access to mental health services, provide rapid psychiatric stabilization, and restore people to competency efficiently and effectively.
Location
The unit is located within the Maguire Correctional Facility - a San Mateo County jail located at 300 Bradford Street in Redwood City, CA 94063.
Responsibilities
As a Clinician, your role will involve
* Providing services to program clients one-to-one, in-person, and onsite at the facility
* Conducting Psychosocial and risk assessments
* Providing brief treatment primarily focused on symptom management, psychoeducation, and crisis intervention
* Supporting clients with competency restoration training and education
* Documenting services and client status in the Liberty’s electronic health record system
* Participating in treatment team and other meetings
* Collaborating with clinical, ancillary and security staff
Work schedule
This is an “as needed” position offering occasional work in times of peak program utilization and when coverage is needed for staff who are on vacation or other leave.
Compensation
You can expect to be paid $65.00 per hour.
Requirements
Candidates must be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or a Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). The role requires experience in providing mental health services within a clinical or forensic setting.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 84 active listings.
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$103k (168 salary observations; 244 listings), vs ~$82k nationally (6,408 salary observations; 14,559 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 24% have no call, 54% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$135k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $122k 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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