Job Posting: CLINICAL COUNSELOR - Wasco State Prison California Correctional Health Care Services JC-507457
Job Description and Duties
Effective July 1, 2025, in accordance with the applicable Memorandum of Understanding, the Personal Leave Program 2025 (PLP 2025) was implemented. PLP 2025 requires each full-time employee in Bargaining Unit 19 and related Excluded, Exempt and Statutory Exempt employees, will have their base salary reduced by 3 percent and will receive 5 PLP 2025 leave credits monthly through June 2027. Salaries do not reflect the recent changes. Part-time employees are subject to the same conditions as full-time employees, on a prorated basis equivalent to their time-base. Permanent intermittent employees are subject to the same condition as full-time employees, based on the number of hours worked in the pay period.
Job Control is listed Until Filled.
Applications will be reviewed on the following dates:
• 2/27/26 • 3/13/26 • 3/27/26 • 4/10/26 • 4/24/26 • 5/08/26 • 5/29/26 • 6/12/26 • 6/26/26 • 7/10/26 • 7/24/26 • 8/7/26 • 8/21/26 • 9/4/26 • 9/18/26 • 10/2/26 • 10/16/26 • 10/30/26 • 11/13/26 • 11/27/26 • 12/11/26
IMPORTANT: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) employees may be eligible for a $5,000 referral bonus should you be selected for hire, and remain employed with CCHCS for 90 days. For a CDCR/CCHCS employee to be considered, a questionnaire must be completed to the best of your knowledge, including the referring employee's name, classification, PERNR, and work location. The questionnaire will be provided to the selected candidate during the pre-employment process.
Clinical Counselor
Under the general direction of the Sr. Psychologist, Supv/Supervising Psychiatric Social Worker I, the Clinical Counselor (CC), works in Mental Health Services. The CC applies counseling interventions and psychotherapeutic techniques within the scope of applicable Business and Professions Code(s) and license, for the purpose of improving an incarcerated individual's mental health and the effectiveness of preventative skills and behaviors developed for wellness. The CC works preventatively with the incarcerated population including those not in the mental health delivery system to provide incarcerated patient access, outreach, and prevention wellness strategies.
Working Conditions
Minimum Requirements
This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement.
Additional Documents
Job Application Package Checklist
Duty Statement
Position Details
Job Code #: JC-507457
Position #(s): 180-220-0050-XXX
Working Title: CLINICAL COUNSELOR - Wasco State Prison
Classification: Clinical Counselor
$7,294.00 - $10,378.00 per Month
New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.
Minimum Requirements
This position does not have a Classification Specification. Requirements and qualifications for this position can be found in this announcement.
Benefits
Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website, www.calhr.ca.gov, and the CalPERS website, www.calpers.ca.gov.
Contact Information
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position or application process.
Department Website: https://cchcs.ca.gov/careers
Human Resources Contact: MARINELA RAMIREZ (000) - marinela.ramirez@cdcr.ca.gov
Equal Opportunity Employer
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
Application Methods
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