LICENSING: 10050 - CCLR s.11(1) - A licensee must display in a prominent place in the community care facility both the licence, including any terms or conditions of the licence, and the name of the manager.
Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): The Licensee has the name of the back up Manager posted but not the day to day Manager.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure the name of the Manager is posted as per legislative requirements.
Date to be Corrected: 18 February 2020
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11190 - CCLR s.16(4)(b) - A licensee must ensure that all indoor and outdoor play materials and equipment accessible to children are (b) safely constructed, free from hazards and in good repair.
Observation: The Licensing Officer observed a climbing structure with a slide located on grass in the children's outdoor play area. This structure is over 18" high and must be removed or relocated onto resilient ground cover to prevent any injuries from falls.
Corrective Action(s): The Licensing Officer provided the Licensee with a copy of the Director of Licensing Standards of Practice - Safe Play Spaces which addresses resilient ground cover and height of equipment. The Licensee will need to remove the item or make it inaccessible to the children unless the item is placed on resilient ground cover.
Date to be Corrected: 30 January 2020
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11200 - CCLR s.17 - A licensee must ensure that children do not have access to any object or substance that may be hazardous to the health or safety of a child.
Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): During the inspection the Licensing Officer observed the following: blind cords within children's reach, plastic bags and batteries stored in kitchen drawers, bottle of sanitizer stored the on bathroom counter, bottles of liquid soap stored in the lower cabinets of the children's washroom.
Corrective Action(s): These items may cause choking, poisoning or asphyxiation and must be made inaccessible to children. During the course of the inspection the Licensee and staff stored these items where children no longer have access and shortened the blind cords. The Licensee and the staff must ensure that this practice occurs on an ongoing basis.
Date to be Corrected: 29 January 2020
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19320 - CCLR s.59(a) - In respect of a record referred to in this Division, a licensee must (a) keep in a single place at the community care facility the records referred to in sections 56 to 58.
Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): The staff files were not on site during the inspection. Once this was brought to the attention of the Licensee the Licensee left the facility and returned during the inspection with the staff files.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure staff files are maintained on site or implement a system that indicates all legislative requirements are stored at another location. Some child care facilities use a check list to meet this requirement.
Date to be Corrected: 29 January 2020
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