LCSW or LMFT
Listed compensation
$90K - $120K
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
Ask the employer about the work setting, 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
The clinician will provide direct mental health services, including psychosocial evaluations and cognitive-behavioral treatment, to inmates within a forensic mental health program. They will also lead individual treatment team planning and collaborate with clinical and security staff to ensure high-quality care.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a professional license as an LCSW or LMFT. The role requires the ability to work in a correctional environment and provide rapid mental health interventions to individuals determined to be incompetent to stand trial.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Work — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 28% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$101k (180 salary observations; 306 listings), vs ~$84k nationally (1,331 salary observations; 3,451 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
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).
Liberty Healthcare holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 80/100, 85 active listings.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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 10% in Social Work (Counseling) — ranked against 282 active Social Work (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
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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.