LCSW or LMFT (PRN / as needed)
Listed compensation
$50.00 per hour
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
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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’s forensic mental health program located onsite at the Maguire Correctional Facility – a San Mateo County jail located in Redwood City, CA.
This program exclusively serves adults who are justice-involved, experiencing mental illness, and have been determined to be incompetent to stand trial.
The goal of this cutting-edge program is to facilitate early access to mental health services, provide rapid stabilization, and restore people to competency efficiently and effectively.
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
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.
Recently licensed clinicians can expect to be paid $50.00 per hour, and higher hourly pay rates are available for clinicians who are more experienced.
Key Responsibilities
The Clinician will provide one-to-one, in-person services onsite at the correctional facility, focusing on brief treatment, symptom management, psychoeducation, and crisis intervention for justice-involved adults. Responsibilities also include conducting assessments, supporting competency restoration training, documenting client status, and collaborating with various staff members.
Requirements
Candidates must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) to serve adults determined to be incompetent to stand trial within a forensic mental health program. The role involves providing direct clinical services focused on rapid stabilization and competency restoration.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 86 active listings.
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (934 salary observations; 1,754 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (6,623 salary observations; 20,649 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 40 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 23% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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