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Community Care Facilities Licensing
FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT
HEALTH & SAFETY
WBET-CHSLPS

FACILITY NAME
Dharma Kids Centre
SERVICE TYPES
302 Group Child Care (30 months to school age)
305 Group Child Care (School Age)
303 Preschool (30 months to school age)
FACILITY LICENSE #
NGIL-9PVPC9
FACILITY ADDRESS
3821 Piper Ave
FACILITY PHONE
(604) 420-2604
CITY
Burnaby
POSTAL CODE
V5A 3B2
MANAGER
Lingna Guo

INSPECTION DATE
August 29, 2022
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
TIME SPENT (HRS.)
1.5
ARRIVAL
09:30 AM
DEPARTURE
11:00 AM
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
INSPECTION TYPE
Routine
# OBSERVED IN CARE

Introduction

An unscheduled routine inspection was conducted to assess compliance with the Community Care & Assisted Living Act (CCALA), the Child Care Licensing Regulation (CCLR) and the relevant Director of Licensing Standards of Practice (DOLSP). All care categories were inspected for compliance.

Contraventions
Previous Inspection -
Current Inspection - Items reviewed comply with the Act, regulations & standards of practice except for those noted on supplementary pages.

Observed Violations
STAFFING: 12040 - CCLR s.19(1)(a) - A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility unless the licensee or, in the case of a person who is not the manager, the manager has first met with the person and obtained all of the following: (a) a criminal record check for the person.
Observation: Five staff files were reviewed. Criminal record checks were not available for two staff. The manager said one criminal record check had been applies for last week but not received and one criminal record check was on a cell phone but she was not able to locate ti during tis inspection.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure a valid criminal record check is available for all staff before they start to work.
Date to be Corrected: September 9, 2022

STAFFING: 12050 - CCLR s.19(1)(b) - A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility unless the licensee or, in the case of a person who is not the manager, the manager has first met with the person and obtained all of the following: (b) character references in respect of the person.
Observation: Five staff files were reviewed. Evidence of references being checked was not available for four staff.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure evidence of references being checked is available for all staff.
Date to be Corrected: September 9, 2022

STAFFING: 12140 - CCLR s.19(4)(a) - A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility as (a) an educator or an assistant unless the person holds a certificate issued under Division 2 [Employee Qualifications], which must be verified by the system maintained by the early childhood educator registry. (Educator or assistant certificate validation)
Observation: Five staff files were reviewed. Evidence of ECE certificates being verified was not available for four staff. The manager said the licensee contact had verified the certificates although proof of verification had not been put in the files.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure evidence of ECE and ECEA certificates being validated is available.
Date to be Corrected: September 9, 2022

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: 13020 - CCLR s.22(1)(b) - A licensee must: (b) have an emergency plan that sets out procedures to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from any emergency.
Observation: The emergency supplies do not contain enough food and water for up to 72 hours for all children in the facility. This is repeat noncompliance and was noted on routine inspection WBET-C88QH8 dated October 28, 2022.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure there are enough emergency supplies for up to 72 hours for all children.
Date to be Corrected: September 9, 2022

RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19100 - CCLR s.57(2)(d) - A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (d) name and telephone number of a parent, medical practitioner and emergency contact.
Observation: Five children's files were reviewed. Contact information for a doctor or medical clinic was not available for two children.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure contact information for either a doctor or medical clinic (can be walk in clinic) is available for all children.
Date to be Corrected: September 9, 2022


Comments

Summary of Inspection
At the inspection dated August 29, 2022 there were 45 children and 9 staff present. A student from the JIBC accompanied the Licensing Officer during this inspection. At this inspection the above noted contraventions were identified. The Licensee will take action to bring the facility into compliance and provide a written response to the Licensing Officer. The Licensing Officer will review the response. As part of this routine inspection, a facility risk assessment tool is completed and a copy is provided. This report was reviewed with the manager and written off site. A copy of this report will be emailed to the manager.
The following were discussed with the manager:
If a family does not have a GP the name of any walk in medical clinic they use can be listed on registration forms.
Licensing do not require staff to have a copy of their immunization records from a doctor.
Ensuring safe storage of perishable food items in children's lunch boxes.
Ensuring areas of exposed drywall are not accessible to children.
Ensuring children's emergency information is available to staff when children are off site.
The following resources were provided:
Reportable Incident Forms (mailed to the facility).
FHA child registration from (sent by email).
ยท Visit the CCFL website at www.fraserhealth.ca/childcare for additional resources and links to the Legislation (CCALA and CCLR).

Action Required by Licensee/ManagerAction Required by Licensing Staff
Take corrective action to bring facility into compliance, Provide a written response to LicensingNo action required
Due Date
Sep 09, 2022

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