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: Files for eight staff were reviewed. Three staff have RCMP criminal record checks, four staff have criminal record checks that had not been obtained through the Criminal Record Review Agency Sharing Program and one staff had no criminal record check in their file.
Corrective Action(s): Please make sure all staff have a valid criminal record check from the Criminal Record Review Agency before they start work. If a criminal record check is from another facility or training institution it must be obtained through the Criminal Record Review Agency Sharing Program.
Date to be Corrected: February 13, 2020
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: Files for eight staff were reviewed. References had not been verified for any of the staff.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that all staff references are verified before staff start to work.
Date to be Corrected: February 13, 2020
CARE AND/OR SUPERVISION: 14020 - CCLR s.34(2)(a) - Without limiting subsection (1), a licensee must ensure that (a) children attending a community care facility are divided into groups, with each group having no more children than that permitted in Schedule E.
Observation: The manager stated that at times the Group Child Care (Under 36 months) and the Group Child Care (30 months to school age) are combined and have circle time and lunch together.
Corrective Action(s): Please make sure that the groups are kept separate.
Date to be Corrected: Today.
CARE AND/OR SUPERVISION: 14030 - CCLR s.34(2)(b) - Without limiting subsection (1), a licensee must ensure that (b) the ratio of employees to children attending a community care facility is no less than that permitted in Schedule E.
Observation: A staffing exemption had been approved by Licensing from July 25, 2019 to January 31, 2020. The information in the application that had been approved by Licensing has changed and Licensing had not been informed. The changes to the staffing schedule invalidated the exemption.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that staffing is in compliance with Schedule E Child Care Licensing Regulation or that an approved staffing exemption is in place. The manager stated she was not aware that Licensing needed to be informed of any changes. Licensing reviewed the approval letter with the manager which states any changes must be reported.
Date to be Corrected: January 31, 2020.
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