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WSOS provides comprehensive family development, workforce development, education and child care assistance and other support services to families and individuals desiring to obtain basic needs stability, greater independence and self sufficiency.
Staff help families prepare for successful employment opportunities. We help individuals gain and retain employment with benefits, provide follow up services to ensure long term job retention and build community partnerships to support these efforts.
This is addressed through basic needs financial assistance programs, family and workforce development activities including case management, life skills, educational and vocational development and individual counseling.
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Medical and Dental Services
WSOS requires all children to have the following on file to meet Day Care and WSOS CDP regulations:
1. Physical Examination
2. Immunization current or up-to-date
3. Dental Examination
Health Services
Screening - All children receive medical screenings for hearing, vision, blood pressure, hemoglobin, height and weight. All children are to undergo a physical and dental examination.
Further Evaulation - If there are any health concerns, parents are contacted. WSOS staff will help parents connect with community services, as needed.
Care Plan - WSOS staff will work with parent and health professional to care for medical needs in the classroom/child care setting.
Child Service Plan(CSP) or Individual Education Plan(IEP) - Through an evaluation process,a child may qualify for services. This may include educational services for visual or hearingimpairment, orthopedic or health impairment, traumatic brain injury, mental retardation, autismand others.
How Does the WSOS Early Childhood Program Handle Child Abuse?
The WSOS Child Development Program recognized that child abuse can occur in a child's home or anywhere the child is being cared for. There for, the center doors are always open to parents so that they can see what is going on.
WSOS Child Development employees are required to report suspicions of child abuse or neglect, no matter where it may occur. Therefor, our staff receives traning every year.
Our goal is to prevent abuse and neglect from happening; therefor, the parents of the WSOSChild Development Policy Council have approved trainings for our parents and our staff on ChildAbuse. A series of workshops for children have been scheduled. These workshops teach them aboutthe potentially dangerous situations and techniques they can use to help themselves.
What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
Child abuse and neglect, even though hard to define, can be generally thought of in this manner: abuse is doing something that ought not to be done, neglect is not doing something that should be done.
An abused or neglected child whose physical or mental health or welfare is harmed or threatened with harm.
Emotional maltreatment is the most difficult form of abuse or neglect to define. Failure on the part of the parent or caretaker to nurture the child may constitute emotional maltreatment.
Secual abuse is considered physical abuse. There are many forms of sexual abuse including sexual conduct, sexual contact, rape, sexual battering, gross sexual imposition, or fondling for sexual pleasure.
Laws define child abuse and neglect so that children can be protected from parents, care-takers, or other adults.
Parents have the right to care for their children and children have the right to grow up. All of these rights must be highly protected.
Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
Who Should Report?
All citizens should report suspiciions of child abuse and neglect. However, many professionals and employees of day-care centers are also required to report.
What Must be Reported?
Cases of children under the age of 18 who have suffered any wound, injury, disability or condition which might reasonably indicate abuse or neglect are to be reported immediately.
Where do You Report?
Report to the Department of Human Services in the county you live. The report can be made by telephone.
Wood County - 419-352-7566
Sandusky County - 419-334-3891
Ottawa County - 419-734-5511
Seneca County - 419-447-5011
Can You Get in Trouble for Reporting?
Reporting is a serious matter. Report if there is reasonable cause to do so. The Department will not reveal your name. Also, the law protects anyone reporting from either criminal or civil charges.
What Happens to the Report?
Every report is followed-up by the Department of Human Services within 24 hours.
What Happens to the Child and the Family?
The following possible courses of action may be followed:
The child may remain in his or her home under the supervision of the Department of Human Services. The child in any case, may be removed from the home on an emergency basis if necessary to prevent further abuse or neglect.
Temporary or permanent removal of a child from the home may be recommended by the Department. However, the final decision is up to the juvenile court.
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