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

FACILITY NAME
Life Stars Child Care Corp.
SERVICE TYPES
301 Group Child Care (under 36 months)
302 Group Child Care (30 months to school age)
FACILITY LICENSE #
HRUN-B2MN7Z
FACILITY ADDRESS
1539 Angelo Ave
FACILITY PHONE
(604) 726-9430
CITY
Port Coquitlam
POSTAL CODE
V3B 1C8
MANAGER
Khadijeh Nourbakhsh Dehkordi

INSPECTION DATE
January 30, 2020
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
TIME SPENT (HRS.)
2.5
ARRIVAL
09:30 AM
DEPARTURE
12:00 PM
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 areas of the facility 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: 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.


Comments

Summary of Inspection
At the inspection dated January 30, 2020 there were 14 children and 5 staff present. At this inspection the above noted contraventions were identified. The Licensee will submit a written response to the Licensing Officer stating how the contraventions have been addressed. 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.
The following recourses were provided:
· Reportable Incident Bulletin
· Reportable incidents forms
· 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
Feb 13, 2020

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