Bilingual Social Worker - Cantonese Required
Golden Gate Regional CenterCalifornia, United States
Posted July 9, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Golden Gate Regional Center is a state-funded nonprofit organization serving individuals with developmental disabilities in Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. We assist individuals and their families in securing services to enable them to lead more independent, productive and normal lives. The regional center system was established in California through legislation supported primarily by Assembly member Frank D. Lanterman. Its origins, however, lay in the California State Legislature's authorization of pilot regional centers in the San Francisco Bay Area (what is now GGRC) and Los Angeles County (now Lanterman Regional Center). The purpose of these early regional centers, which began operating in 1966, was to assist persons with intellectual disabilities and their families in locating and developing services for their special needs. Following the establishment of the pilot projects, which had promising early results, the Legislature passed the Lanterman Mental Retardation Services Act. Enacted in 1969, the legislation established a statewide system consisting of the two original regional centers plus five more, each serving a distinct geographical area. (Subsequent legislation has grown the number of regional centers to 21.) A second Lanterman act, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, was made law in 1974. It expanded the regional centers' service population to include persons with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism and other disabling conditions found to be closely related to intellectual disability. In 1993, the California Early Intervention Services Act expanded the regional centers' purview once more, this time to include early intervention ("Early Start") services for infants and toddlers (up to 36 months of age) who have a developmental delay or are at high risk of developing a delay. In total, California's regional centers now serve over 300,000 people. We are proud to serve our community! Come grow with us!
Job Description
GGRC is committed to assisting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities lead lives of liberty and opportunity. We are currently hiring Social Workers in our San Mateo Office.
Requirements
- Knowledge of principles, objective and techniques of counseling individuals;
- Knowledge of normal and abnormal individual and group behavior, human growth and development of family relationships;
- Knowledge of community structure and organization and how to intervene constructively on behalf of individuals supported;
- Ability to interview skillfully;
- Ability to develop skills allowing for independent work, exercise judgment in making decisions as well as to cooperate and work as part of an interdisciplinary team;
- Ability to stimulate the cooperation of individuals supported, their families, and stimulate the cooperation of community agencies or individuals;
- Ability to speak and write effectively;
- Ability to maintain case records in a clear and concise manner;
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others;
Benefits
- Generous Tuition Reimbursement Program that reimburses qualifying employees up to $10,000 per fiscal year.
- We offer a comprehensive benefits package including Medical and Dental benefits with a generous employer contribution and additional employer paid Life, Disability and Vision coverage
- 10% employer contribution to a 403(b) retirement account to help you save for the future!
- 13 vacation days, 15 sick days, 11 paid holidays, 6 personal and up to 5 paid days for continuing education