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: At today's inspection it was observed that 3 staff criminal record checks (CRC) were not site specific and one staff had an expired CRC. Licensing discussed the importance of keeping criminal record checks up to date to ensure the health and safety of children in care. The director stated that she has applied to share the CRC's. She also stated she has contacted the criminal record review branch many times and the CRC's are still in process.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure all staff files are complete. Please ensure the CRC's have the address of the facility the staff is currently working in on the CRC. This is a repeat contravention.
Date to be Corrected: October 25, 2018
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 licensee using a system established and maintained by the director of the early childhood educator registry,
Observation: Licensing observed the director has not received her renewal for her ECE certificate. The director stated in the previous inspection that she applied for her ECE certificate but she was still waiting for a response. In discussion with the director today she mentioned the date she applied for her renewal was August 30th, 2018. The director contacted the ECE registry on October 1st, 2018 and they confirmed she should be receiving her certificate sometime during the week of October 8-12th, 2018. I spoke with the director about her plan for being left alone with the children. She stated she has an ECE and and Infant toddler staff at her other daycare and she is not part of the ratio at Apple Island Child Care. In addition, the director stated she is not left alone with the children.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure all staff certificates are current. This is a repeat contravention.
Date to be Corrected: October 25, 2018
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19051 - CCLR s.56.1(2)(a) - A licensee must keep (a) a copy of the written statement, referred to in section 19 of the Act, that the licensee delivers to persons who prepay part of the cost of services
Observation: Licensing reviewed the repayment policy. During the previous inspection the director stated when the parents pay with post dated cheques the cheques are returned to them when their children withdraw from the program. When reading the new repayment policy this information was not captured.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure the repayment policy is up to date with the information that was discussed. Please ensure the parents are given a written copy of the revised repayment policy. This is a repeat contravention.
Date to be Corrected: October 25, 2018
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