Social Worker - Early Start
Listed compensation
$58K - $77K
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · hybrid
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job description
Join Golden Gate Regional Center as a Social Worker - Early Start in San Francisco, California. Social Worker - Early Start San Francisco Office Starting Salary Bachelor's Degree: $58,083 - $69,700 Master's Degree: $64,008 - $76,810 Are you looking to make an impact and do work you are passionate about? GGRC is currently hiring for Social Workers in out Early Start Division.
Key Responsibilities
- Local travel within Counties of San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin may be required.
- Occasional statewide travel and access to reliable transportation and many different locations throughout the day in order to perform the outline responsibilities of the position is required.
- This position requires fluency in both reading and speaking in Spanish.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited school of social welfare or related human services field. Master’s Degree preferred;.
- Case Management experience with infants or children under 4 strongly preferred;.
- Fluency in Spanish is preferred for this position. There is a possibility for this position to be converted to a bilingual Spanish caseload if needed.
- What are the benefits to working with GGRC?
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $58K - $77K
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- Hybrid position - combination of remote and on-site.
Work with Golden Gate Regional Center in San Francisco, California.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker - Early Start at Golden Gate Regional Center a 9.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as exceptional. This places the position in the top 5% in Social Work — ranked against 5,862 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.
Social Worker Career Context
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$98k (1,001 salary observations; 1,454 listings), vs ~$83k nationally (7,894 salary observations; 16,644 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 18% have no call, 70% require no weekends — this position is remote.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$67k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $61k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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