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Community Care Facilities Licensing
FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT
HEALTH & SAFETY
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FACILITY NAME
Blueridge Preschool Ltd.
SERVICE TYPES
302 Group Child Care (30 months to school age)
303 Preschool (30 months to school age)
FACILITY LICENSE #
0782690
FACILITY ADDRESS
3459 Goldfinch Street
FACILITY PHONE
(604) 870-8878
CITY
Abbotsford
POSTAL CODE
V2T 6Y5
MANAGER
Inderpreet Sahota

INSPECTION DATE
May 23, 2024
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
TIME SPENT (HRS.)
2
ARRIVAL
10:00
DEPARTURE
12:00
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
INSPECTION TYPE
Routine
# OBSERVED IN CARE
18

Introduction

An unscheduled routine inspection was conducted to assess compliance with the Community Care and Assisted Living Act (CCALA), the Child care Licensing Regulations (CCLR) and the relevant Director of Licensing Standards of Practice (DoLSoP).
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
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11010 - CCLR s.13(1) - A licensee must ensure that a healthy and safe environment is provided at all times while children are under the supervision of employees.
Observation: -The cubbies located in both classrooms were not secured to the wall, providing risk for tipping.
-One toilet paper dispenser was broken leaving a hole in the wall next to the toilet.
-Plastic bags were located in a cupboard under the sink in the GCC(30m-SAC) program (corrected during the inspection).
-no gate at the top of cement stairs leading to the GCC(30m-SAC) classroom.
Corrective Action(s): The licensee has provided licensing a plan to fix the wall in the bathroom and anchor the cubbies by May 31, 2024
Date to be Corrected:

PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11230 - CCLR s.47 - A licensee must ensure that any heated water accessible to children is heated to no more than 49° Celsius.
Observation (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): Of four sink water temperature measured, one sink measured at 53, 5 degrees Celsius.
Corrective Action(s): Corrected during the inspection.
Date to be Corrected:

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: Licensing reviewed 5 employee files, of those one file contained an expired criminal record check. The licensee said they had obtained the criminal record check however was unable to find a copy.
Corrective Action(s): The licensee will contact the criminal record review program and obtain a record of the current criminal record check.
Date to be Corrected:

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: During the inspection it was noted that there is a tutoring program that occurs monday-friday from 3:30-5:30pm in the GCC(30m-SAC) program. During this time the children enrolled in GCC(30m-SAC care are combined with the Preschool program from 3:30-3:45pm in the preschool classroom. On review of the attendance and enrolment records, the group was noted to be regularly combining the group, exceeding the sizes in Schedule E and is mixing care types in the classroom.
Corrective Action(s): Licensee will provide a plan, that includes moving the tutoring class to outside operational hours.
Date to be Corrected: May 24, 2024


Comments

Summary of Inspection:
· During today’s inspection, there were 18 children, and 3 staff present, and the licensee arrived during the inspection.
· At this inspection, the above noted contraventions were identified. Licensee is required to submit a corrective action plan to address the contraventions.
· Posted manager name was under different caregivers licence. This was discussed with the manager.
The following was discussed:
· Care hours
· Emergency response plans

Resources given today:
· Reportable Incident forms
· Bulletin: Online reportable Incident process

Visit the CCFL website at www.fraserhealth.ca/childcare
for additional resources, and links to the Legislation (CCALA and CCLR).

Further websites:
BCCDC for Communicable prevention information: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19

Guiding children’s behaviors: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/child-day-care/guiding_childrens_behaviour_april_2017.pdf

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
May 31, 2024

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