LCSW or LMFT
Listed compensation
$90K - $120K
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about call expectations and weekend coverage.
Job Description
LCSWs and LMFTs 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 cutting edge forensic mental health program which exclusively serves San Diego County jail inmates who are experiencing mental illness and have been determined to be incompetent to stand trial.
The goal of Liberty’s program is to provide rapid mental health services to people in need - so they may achieve improved behavioral health outcomes as quickly as possible.
The program is designed to facilitate early access to services, eliminate barriers to treatment, and restore people to competency as quickly as possible.
Mental health services are provided to inmates onsite at several jail facilities located throughout San Diego County.
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
You will work Mondays through Fridays during daytime hours, primarily at the George Bailey Detention Facility nearby Otay Mesa and the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in Santee, CA.
As a full-time employee of Liberty Healthcare in this role, you can expect:
- Starting pay between $90,000 and $120,000 (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
Key Responsibilities
Clinicians will provide one-to-one, in-person mental health services to San Diego County jail inmates determined to be incompetent to stand trial, including performing evaluations and delivering cognitive-behavioral treatment and crisis intervention. Responsibilities also involve documenting progress, participating in clinical team meetings, and collaborating with security and clinical staff to ensure high-quality service delivery.
Requirements
Applicants must be licensed as an LCSW or LMFT to be considered for this full-time position within the forensic mental health program. The role requires providing direct mental health services onsite at jail facilities during standard daytime hours, Monday through Friday.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LCSW or LMFT 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 7,961 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
Counselor Career Context
Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 86 active listings.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 30% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$105k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $95k 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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- No nights
- On-site
Living in San Diego
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.01M≈ 11.2× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $3,036/mo≈ 40% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 111.9
- 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 · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.