Mental Health Professional

Posting Date

02/10/26

Application Deadline

02/17/26

Pay Range

$74,000 - $105,500 annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

Correctional Health

About the Position

If you love complex clinical challenges and you value working within a sophisticated multidisciplinary team, consider joining the Correctional Health Team!

You will work hand-in-hand with multi-disciplinary team members, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and medical staff, to ensure that CHS responds to urgent mental health needs, provides continuity of care, and offers appropriate mental health services to patients in the county jail system. Your expertise can be utilized to assess individuals with varying degrees of mental illness, psychosis/agitation, substance abuse, and potential risk of harm to themselves or others.

Are you ready to serve the community and make a difference? Apply now!

About Us

It's time for you to utilize and perfect your talents.

Correctional Health Services (CHS) is an industry-leading healthcare organization for the incarcerated population. Our department's culture promotes collaboration, continuous training, and flexibility. We challenge our team to spearhead initiatives, break down barriers, and advance their expertise.

Apply now to work with a dynamic group of diverse and talented professionals.

Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose

• Tuition reimbursement

• Exceptional work-life balance

• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County

• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents

• Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families

• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave

• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive

• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring a 12% monthly contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1

• Want to learn more about the County’s Qualifying and Compensation Philosophy? Follow this link to learn more!  Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ

We Require

• Two years of clinical mental health experience post-master's degree

• Master’s degree in social work, counseling, psychology, or a related field from an accredited program and completion of clinical training hours necessary to achieve independent licensure

• A valid, unrestricted license issued by the Arizona State Board of Behavioral Health Examiners as a

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), OR

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), OR

  • Licensed Independent Substance Abuse Counselor (LISAC)/Licensed Independent Addiction Counselor (LIAC) OR

  • Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

We Also Value

Broad-based work experience with the seriously mentally ill (SMI), substance abuse, direct mental health services, and crisis work

Job Contributions

• Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and medical staff

• Coordinate regarding psychosocial treatment issues related to patient care

• Present relevant findings that pertain to mental status and patient risk in an acute environment

• Prepare comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments, mental status exams, treatment plans, and other clinical reports

• Complete all required mental health forms and documents in the patient's medical record

• Provide individual treatment and crisis intervention services

• Complete and coordinate Mental Health Petitions with community providers and testify in court as needed

• Facilitate therapeutic and psychoeducational group treatment

• Conduct short-term, solution-focused therapy with the use of treatment plans, goals, and objectives

• Develop treatment plans for patients with serious mental illness and co-occurring disorders

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