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Liberty Healthcare
Rancho Cucamonga, California

LCSW or LMFT – forensic mental health

CounselorNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$85K - $95K

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and nights and shift pattern.

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 San Bernardino County.

This program exclusively serves adult inmates who are justice involved and actively experiencing mental illness. Services are provided onsite at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

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

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 $95,000 (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

The work schedule for this position is Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm and requires you to work onsite in-person at the West Valley Detention Center.

Key Responsibilities

As a Clinician, you will provide mental health services to clients, perform evaluations, and document treatment progress. You will also participate in clinical meetings and collaborate with staff to ensure high-quality services.

Requirements

Candidates must be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker or Marriage and Family Therapist. Experience in forensic mental health and working with justice-involved individuals is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

DocumentationConsultationCollaboration

Social Work — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 30% 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 ~$90k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $81k 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 – 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 Social Work (Counseling) — ranked against 282 active Social Work (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 28 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
Sign-on bonus
45%
CME allowance
42%
Loan repayment
12%
Relocation assistance
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 7.8
Better work-life than 80% of Social Work (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 282 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Rancho Cucamonga

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$705k≈ 8.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,802/mo≈ 40% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
32 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

Hospitals and Health Care
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

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