Clinical Counselor - California State Prison, Sacramento; SAC

Overview

Clinical Counselor position(s) located at California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC) in Represa, CA, Sacramento County.

Effective July 1, 2025, Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) impact applies to certain employees; salaries do not reflect the recent changes. This Job Control is listed Until Filled with review dates on a specified schedule. Main communication for this position will be through email. Department Website:

• Apply counseling interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques within the scope of applicable Business and Professions Code(s) and license to improve an incarcerated individual’s mental health.
• Provide preventive skills and wellness strategies and assist with outreach to inmates not in the mental health delivery system.
• Collaborate with mental health services to support the incarcerated population’s access to care and treatment.

• Education:
  
  Possession of a Master’s or Doctoral degree in Counseling or Psychotherapy that meets the requirements stipulated in Business and Professional Code 4999.32.
• Licensure:
  Possession of a valid license as a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Applicants who do not qualify for licensure at the time of appointment may be admitted to the examination and appointed but must secure licensure within four years; otherwise employment is limited to the duration necessary to achieve licensure plus one year.
• Note:
  
  A Training and Development (T&D) assignment will not be considered at this time.

• You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
• Equal Opportunity
  
  Employer:
  
  The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all individuals regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex, and sexual orientation. The State is committed to a drug-free workplace.

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Health Care Provider

• Hospitals and Health Care