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Santa Maria, California

Licensed Mental Health Professional - LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, ACSW, AMFT, APCC

Social WorkerFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • You Matter
  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

As a Licensed Mental Health Professional working in a correctional facility, your responsibilities include conducting intake evaluations, providing therapeutic interventions and suicide prevention techniques, and developing treatment plans for inmates.

You will also be responsible for monitoring the clinical needs of inmates on your caseload, providing staff training on mental health topics, and documenting all findings in accordance with company and facility policies.

Your role is critical in ensuring that inmates receive appropriate mental health services and care while incarcerated.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct screening, assessments, and triages for inmates referred by security, healthcare staff, and other community sources, and provide appropriate recommendations for their level of care.

Develop and recommend treatment plans, conduct essential treatment services such as psychoeducational and transitional groups, and provide suicide prevention interventions and management techniques.

Respond to sick call requests, provide medication adherence, and coordinate with prescribing providers for medication evaluations.

Provide crisis intervention, oversee the clinical needs of patients on caseload, and participate in treatment team multidisciplinary meetings and administrative meetings.

Provide staff training on relevant mental health topics, document all findings in the patient's health record, and ensure compliance with facility and company policies and procedures.

Additional Details

Candidates should be comfortable with: crisis management, severe mental illness, brief, solution focused interventions, substance use and withdrawal awareness, boundary setting & manipulation awareness, interdisciplinary collaboration, and emotional resilience.

In addition, we focus heavily on 5150/5250 mechanics, Title 15 & BSCC Standards, and CalAIM continuity of care. Associates are welcome to apply, but please share how many hours you are towards your independent licensure status.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or Other Related Mental Health discipline

Experience

One (1) or more years of experience in a Mental Health treatment program, preferably in a Correctional or Hospital setting

Licenses/Certifications

Unrestricted, current license in the State of practice – e. g. LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LMHC, Psychologist - Must maintain all licensures, certifications, continuing educational requirements, etc.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact ADARequests@wellpath.us

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field and possess an unrestricted, current license (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, etc.). At least one year of experience in a mental health treatment program, preferably in a correctional or hospital setting, is required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Treatment planningClinical documentationMultidisciplinary collaborationSubstance use awarenessCase managementMental health assessmentTriage

Social Worker Career Context

In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$97k (741 salary observations; 1,850 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (5,370 salary observations; 21,782 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, 34% are remote, 20% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
California vs national$97k median in California$81k nationally (+20%)741 state / 5,370 national salary observations
Cost of livingCalifornia index 110.7US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in California713 active6,545 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 20% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedCalifornia Social Worker listings: 7% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 5% offer loan repayment764 active listings, Oct 2026
Social Work pay trend+1.4% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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19
<$105k
9
$105k-120k
9
$120k-135k
10
$135k-150k
3
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

39 jobs
401k / retirement match
95% this job
CME allowance
38% this job
Sign-on bonus
36%
Loan repayment
18%
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 1.5
Below most Social Work listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,454 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Wellpath

Hospitals and Health Care
Franklin, Tennessee
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401k
DailyPay
Tuition Assistance
Dependent Scholarships

Living in Santa Maria

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$645k
Typical market rent
$2,509/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.8
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.