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Family Service Coordination Agreement 0 Calendar Year 2009 Page 6 of 8 ATTACHMENT A Standards and Conditions Personnel: Per contractual agreement, one (1) Orange County Health Department Social Worker II Class Family Service Coordinator will carry out mutually agreed upon job duties for the Orange County Head Start program. Services to be provided to OCHS families/children: • Enrollment of OCHS assigned families in accordance with OCHS Family and Community Partnership Plan. • Assessment of family needs including, but not limited to, child care, health, special needs of child, knowledge of infant and toddler development, home environment, parenting skills, parental stress, education and job training. • Partnership building with OCHS enrolled families to establish mutual trust and to identify family goals, strengths, and necessary services and other supports. Family Partnership Agreements are established with families as early after enrollment as possible and documented in the OCHS file within 30 days. • Obtain pre-existing family plans by coordinating with the families and the other agencies/personnel who may also be working with OCHS families to support the accomplishments of goals and to avoid duplication of services. • Within 45 days of enrollment, obtain up-to-date immunization records, health status (medical home) information and complete a nutrition assessment. • Within 45 days of enrollment of each child on caseload, in conjunction with the Health/Nutrition Manager, Disabilities Coordinator and the Early Childhood/Mental Health Manager, provide for an appropriate developmental screening to identify concerns regarding child's development, sensory, behavioral, motor, language, social, cognitive, perceptual and emotional skills. • Work collaboratively with OCHS parents to identify and continually access, either directly or through referrals, services and resources that are responsive to each family's interests and goals. This includes: emergency or crisis assistance in such areas as food, housing, clothing and transportation; education and other appropriate interventions; opportunities for parents to participate in counseling or receive information on mental health issues that place families at risk, such as substance abuse, child abuse and neglect and domestic violence; and opportunities for continuing education and employment training. • Involve parents in their child's education option at OCHS (Central, Efland, New Hope and Pathways Elementary) by assisting parents to establish a positive relationship with their child's teacher and modeling how to share knowledge about their child so that child care staff can individualize the program to support each child's individual pattern of development and learning. • Coordinate parent participation in the program, including scheduling and attending regular OCHS parent meetings, surveying family interests, recruiting for OCHS Policy Council, and providing parent trainings required by the Performance Standards and on other topics that parents request. • Facilitate families' transition from Pre-Kindergarten per OCHS Transition Policy and Procedures.