
Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMFT, LPCC, LCSW)
Fresno, CAPer Diem$47.2–58/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Licensed Mental Health Professional provides mental health services to inmates in a correctional facility. The role includes screening and assessment, treatment planning, crisis and suicide-prevention interventions, medication coordination, and monitoring patients’ clinical needs. The professional also trains staff, participates in multidisciplinary meetings, and documents care in accordance with facility and company policies. This PRN position requires independent licensure and a minimum commitment of four shifts per month.
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Full job description
You Matter
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Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
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Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
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Excellent career growth opportunities
Join us and find a career that supports:
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Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
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Autonomy in a warm team environment
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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:
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DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
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Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
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Company paid life insurance
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Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
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Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
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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
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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.
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Develop and recommend treatment plans, conduct essential treatment services such as psychoeducational and transitional groups, and provide suicide prevention interventions and management techniques.
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Respond to sick call requests, provide medication adherence, and coordinate with prescribing providers for medication evaluations.
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Provide crisis intervention, oversee the clinical needs of patients on caseload, and participate in treatment team multidisciplinary meetings and administrative meetings.
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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.
Additional Details
Candidates should be comfortable with: crisis management, severe mental illness, brief, solution focused interventions, substance use and withdrawal awareness, boundary setting & manipulation awareness, interdisciplinary collaboration, and emotional resilience.
In addition, we focus heavily on 5150/5250 mechanics, Title 15 & BSCC Standards, and CalAIM continuity of care.
This is a PRN position, requiring a minimum commitment of four shifts per month, including one weekend shift, one major holiday, and one minor holiday. For PRN roles we also require Independent Licensure status as a LCSW, LMFT, or LPCC.
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.
This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.
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.
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How this job compares
Set against the 647 open Mental Health Professional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$47.2–58/hr
- California median$155/hr27 hourly ranges
- US median$40–50/hr141 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $52.60/hr, is 66% below the California median midpoint ($155/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Mental Health Professional hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 87 open Mental Health Professional jobs in California and 647 across the US. 32% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kaiser Permanente53 open
- Health Advocates Network17 open
- Wellpath (this employer)10 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Mental Health Professional postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (150 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 395 of the 647 open Mental Health Professional jobs (61%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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