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Wellpath
Freehold, New Jersey

Licensed Mental Health Professional (LCSW, LMFT, LMHC)

Social WorkerIncludes call

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

You Matter

  • Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
  • Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
  • Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us and Find a Career That Supports

  • Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
  • Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
  • Autonomy in a warm team environment
  • Growth and training

Perks and Benefits In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

  • DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
  • Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
  • Company paid life insurance
  • Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
  • Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
  • Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals.

Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most.

For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How You Make a Difference

As a Licensed Mental Health Professional working in a correctional facility, your responsibilities include conducting intake evaluations, providing therapeutic interventions and suicide prevention techniques, and developing treatment plans for inmates.

You will also be responsible for monitoring the clinical needs of inmates on your caseload, providing staff training on mental health topics, and documenting all findings in accordance with company and facility policies.

Your role is critical in ensuring that inmates receive appropriate mental health services and care while incarcerated.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct screening, assessments, and triages for inmates referred by security, healthcare staff, and other community sources, and provide appropriate recommendations for their level of care.

Develop and recommend treatment plans, conduct essential treatment services such as psychoeducational and transitional groups, and provide suicide prevention interventions and management techniques.

Respond to sick call requests, provide medication adherence, and coordinate with prescribing providers for medication evaluations.

Provide crisis intervention, oversee the clinical needs of patients on caseload, and participate in treatment team multidisciplinary meetings and administrative meetings.

Provide staff training on relevant mental health topics, document all findings in the patient's health record, and ensure compliance with facility and company policies and procedures.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or Other Related Mental Health discipline

Experience

One (1) or more years of experience in a Mental Health treatment program, preferably in a Correctional or Hospital setting

Licenses/Certifications

Unrestricted, current license in the State of practice – e. g. LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LMHC, Psychologist - Must maintain all licensures, certifications, continuing educational requirements, etc.

We Are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of uniqueness.

We celebrate a variety of backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

We are an Affirmative Action Employer in accordance with applicable state and local laws.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related mental health discipline. Must hold an unrestricted current state license (e.g., LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LMHC) and have at least one year of experience in a mental health treatment program.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Treatment PlanningClinical DocumentationPsychoeducational GroupsTriageCase ManagementMultidisciplinary Collaboration

Clinical Psychology — Social Worker Career Context

The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 22% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

Social Worker pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Freehold

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$569k
Typical market rent
$2,885/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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

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About Wellpath

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Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401k Retirement Plan
Tuition Assistance
Employee Assistance Program
Company Paid Life Insurance
Health Spending Account
Wellness Program