California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation:

As a professional in the healthcare industry, you have countless opportunities to serve the public and leave lasting impressions on the people you help. Outside of the typical hospital and clinic environments are places you may never have thought to venture-places where hope is lost and healing is desperately needed. At Solvere, we know what you are capable of doing. Accept the challenge and make a difference!

"I was a little apprehensive [about working for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation], but I was ready to take the challenge. It has been a great experience! You get the chance to work with a different population and it enlightened me that I could do it! My advice to other Nurse Practitioners: Go for it! It's definitely rewarding!"
-Beatrice Ratemo, Nurse Practitioner (formerly at Central California Women's Facility - Chowchilla, CA)

"It has been very good [working for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation], and I would do it all over again. It is a rewarding experience being able to help people who are in great need of help and who have very few people who want to help them. Being able to provide hope for inmates who sometimes feel hopeless and helpless has been most influential to me."
-Laryssa Nechay, L.C.S.W. - Mule Creek Prison - Ione, CA

"There's not a day that goes by that I don't realize that I am in a place to serve people where it's tough for them to find services. It's definitely challenging, but also very rewarding."
-Victor Salkowitz, L.C.S.W. - Corcoran State Prison - Corcoran, CA

"I really enjoy working in a prison setting. Surprisingly, it is a very positive and welcoming atmosphere because the entire team works together-supervisors, custody staff, security officers, and medical personnel. And the inmates, fully aware of their surroundings, are respectful because they appreciate what we do. The position is very rewarding."
-Malychanh Williams, Registered Nurse - Corcoran State Prison - Sacramento, CA

"Working in a correctional medical facility offers a very rewarding professional opportunity for clinical social workers-without exaggeration. I have found that the services of social workers are valued by other professional disciplines and, needless to say, social work is a key component of the interdisciplinary team system. In the correctional setting, there is ample opportunity to use the full range of clinical social work skills, including individual and group psychotherapy, traditional casework, medical social work, community organization, and administration. Opportunities to use any of these skills are limitless. I have found correctional social work to be exciting, challenging, and rewarding."
-Dave Orvedahl, L.C.S.W. - California Medical Facility - Vacaville, CA

"Without experience, I knew it would be tough getting a job. I worked for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and gained experience in lots of different areas. The most influential experience for me was learning how to work with the psychology patients."
-Patricia Bernard, L.V.N. - California Institution for Women - Corona, CA