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Liberty Healthcare
Riverside, California

LCSW or LMFT – forensic mental health

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$85K - $100K

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Licensed Clinical Social Workers and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists 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 forensic mental health program in Riverside County.

This program exclusively serves adult inmates who are justice involved and actively experiencing mental illness.

Program objectives include facilitating early access to mental health assessment and treatment as well as providing effective competency training and restoration services.

Services are provided onsite at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside and the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, CA.

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

As a full-time employee of Liberty Healthcare in this role, you can expect:

  • Starting salary between $85,000 and $100,000 (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 justice-involved adults experiencing mental illness, including performing psychosocial evaluations and providing cognitive-behavioral treatment and crisis intervention. Responsibilities also involve documenting progress, participating in clinical team meetings, and leading individual treatment team planning.

Requirements

Applicants must be Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW) or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT) to serve adult inmates in a forensic mental health program. Key duties include assessment, treatment, competency training, and collaboration with clinical and security staff.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningClinical CollaborationSecurity Collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LCSW or LMFT – forensic mental health at Liberty Healthcare a 7.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,961 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.

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, 48% are remote, 36% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$93k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $84k 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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401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
39%
CME allowance
35%
PSLF eligible
6%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 7.8
Better work-life than 90% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 7,961 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Riverside

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$602k≈ 7.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,444/mo≈ 35% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
106.4
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 · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Liberty Healthcare

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501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
30 Days PTO
Health Savings Account
401k Plan