LCSW or LMFT
Listed compensation
$500/evaluation
The week · per this posting
Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.
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Job Description
Liberty Healthcare seeks to contract with Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists who will work on an as needed basis to conduct client evaluations for the California Conditional Release Program.
About the Program
The California Conditional Release Program is a statewide program which exclusively serves adult sex offenders who are transitioning from the Coalinga State Hospital into the community.
With community safety as the top priority, the program seeks to support clients so they may live healthy and productive lives in the community.
Program Objectives
- Community safety
- Preventing client recidivism
- Transitioning clients from hospital treatment into the community
- Securing housing and community supports
- Proactively addressing client needs and risk factors
- Providing behavioral health services, case management, 24/7 monitoring, and transportation for clients
Work Setting and Schedule
- You will work per diem (as needed and as available)
- Report writing may be done remotely from your home office in California
- In-person evaluations will be done onsite at the Coalinga State Hospital in Coalinga, CA
To achieve greater efficiency and minimize travel, several evaluations are scheduled for each visit to Coalinga.
Role Description
As a consultant with Liberty Healthcare, your work will involve evaluating patient’s progress in treatment and identifying factors that may preclude patients from conditional release.
Responsibilities
- Traveling to the Coalinga State Hospital for onsite in-person client meetings
- Evaluating patients through face-to-face meetings
- Reviewing patient files and meeting with treatment staff
- Writing summary reports
- Invoicing for travel expenses and services provided
Compensation
- $500.00 for each completed evaluation
- Reimbursement for approved travel expenses to Coalinga, CA
Requirements
Candidates must be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). The role requires the ability to travel to Coalinga, CA, for onsite evaluations.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LCSW or LMFT at Liberty Healthcare 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
Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 80/100, 85 active listings.
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (958 salary observations; 1,786 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (6,736 salary observations; 20,945 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, 42% are remote, 28% have no call, 58% 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)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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