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Job Summary:
Seeking a licensed Psychologist to provide mental health care to inmates/wards in a correctional setting. Responsibilities include conducting evaluations, crisis intervention, psychotherapy, treatment planning, and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to ensure quality care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform mental health and suicide risk assessments.
- Provide individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, and mental status exams.
- Develop treatment plans and document care (SOAPE notes, reports).
- Participate in IDTT meetings and case consultations.
- Collaborate with staff and community programs to support rehabilitation and re entry.
- Ensure compliance with CA laws, regulations, confidentiality, and mandated reporting.
Qualifications:
- PsyD in Psychology.
- Active California Psychologist license.
- Experience in assessments, treatment planning, and crisis intervention.
- Ability to work effectively in a correctional environment.
- Basic Life Support - BLS from AHA
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: Up to $160.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
Professional Field


Patient Focus
Diagnoses
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Therapeutic Approach
Methodologies
ECT
Modalities
Groups
Individuals
Practice Specifics
Populations
Inmates
Settings
Intense Out-patient (IOP)
Milieu
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
Residential Treatment Facilities (RTC)
Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities
Home Health/In-home
Corrections
Jails/Prisons
Forensic
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