LCSW or LMFT – forensic mental health
Listed compensation
$85K - $95K
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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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 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
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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