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