Support Families of Children with Disabilities is looking for a Bilingual Social Worker in Cantonese or Spanish who is an advocate for our mission of supporting families of children with disabilities like autism, developmental disabilities, and other disorders. If you are empathetic, have a genuine desire to help others, and is a collaborator this is a chance to help families facing high-risk challenges. The Family Social Worker provides short-term counseling and short-term case management for families of children with disabilities, special health care needs and families facing high-risk challenges, implements needs assessment, assists families to identify priorities, provides referrals, provides regular follow-up to ensure that the child and/or family needs were met, makes home visits, works with the Support Services Program Director and a team of Family Resource Specialists; represents agency in the community, takes part in training, data collection and reports. Supervised hours are available for registered interns. This position can be part time or full time. QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be fluent in both English and Cantonese or Spanish
• Master’s degree in the social services field: including mental health, social work, psychology, counseling, family therapy, or related field. MSW, ASW, MFTi or LCSW or LMFT
• Prior experience working with parents as partners in the design and delivery of services
• Experience working with a collaborative or project team
• Experience facilitating support groups
• Knowledge of the range of services in San Francisco for children with special health care needs
• Knowledge of child development
• Cultural sensitivity to ethnic and cultural minority mental health issues,
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and teamwork skills
• Proven communication skills (both written and verbal) and experience in data collection and reporting
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs

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Support for Families of Children with Disabilities is a non-profit organization that offers parent-to-parent support to families who have children with disabilities and information and educational services to families and the professionals work with them. We value diversity and we strongly encourage family members, professionals, people with disabilities, language and ethnic distinct communities, and other traditionally underserved communities to apply.