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Liberty Healthcare
Redwood City, California

LCSW or LMFT (PRN / as needed)

Social WorkerPer Diem

Listed compensation

$65/hr

The week · per this posting

Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 4mo ago

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.

As a per-diem Clinician with Liberty Healthcare, you can expect an hourly rate of $65.

Key Responsibilities

Provide one-to-one mental health services and competency restoration training to justice-involved adults. Conduct risk assessments and document client status within the electronic health record system.

Requirements

Must be a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT). Ability to work on-site at a correctional facility on an as-needed basis.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychosocial AssessmentRisk AssessmentElectronic Health RecordsClinical Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LCSW or LMFT (PRN / as needed) at Liberty Healthcare a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,456 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

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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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Better work-life than 90% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,456 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Redwood City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.92M
Typical market rent
$4,146/mo
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

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

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