LCSW or LMFT – forensic mental health
Listed compensation
$85K - $100K
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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
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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