PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11160 - CCLR s.16(3)(a) - A licensee must ensure that the entire outdoor play area is (a) enclosed in a manner that is suitable for the age and development of children, and will ensure that children are free of harm.
Observation: There's no barrier to prevent children from accessing the stairs from the outdoor play area to the CCF. CCFL observed employees physically preventing younger children from accessing these stairs.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure these stairs are made inaccessible to children during outdoor play time.
Date to be Corrected: 23/Sep/2019
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11220 - CCLR s.23(2) - A licensee must have first aid kits that are readily accessible to all employees, including while care is provided off the community care facility premises.
Observation: An employee went to pick up school age children & didn't take the 1st aid kit.
Corrective Action(s): The 1st aid kit must be taken when children are taken or picked up offsite.
Date to be Corrected: Immediately
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: An employee lacked 1 character reference.
Corrective Action(s): All requirements of s. 19 must be obtained by employees' 1st day of employment.
Date to be Corrected: 23/Sep/2019
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: 2 employees' ECE or ECEA certificates haven't been validated w/ the ECE Registry.
Corrective Action(s): Employees' ECE or ECEA certificates must be validated upon hire & again upon renewal.
Date to be Corrected: 23/Sep/2019
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: 1) Both licensed program types were playing together in the outdoor play space.
2) All 5 children present in the MACC program today were < 36 months old.
Corrective Action(s): 1) Children of different care types must not be blended together inside the CCF or in the outdoor play space. The only exception is the 1st ½ hour of the day & the last ½ hour of the day. During these times, children of different care types may be mixed if there are ≤ 8 children present. Of these 8 children, only ≤ 3 children are < 36 months old.
2) The manager was unaware that 1 MACC child who will be 36 months old next week may join the GCC (30m - SA) program immediately. All children currently enrolled in the GCC (30m - SA) are > 36 months old. The manager applied for a temporary placement for one child who is almost 30 months to move from the MACC to the GCC (30m - SA).
Date to be Corrected: Immediately
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: There was 1 ECE & 1 ECEA caring for 11 children (5 MACC & 6 GCC (30m - SA)).
Corrective Action(s): The correct employee to children ratio is as follows:
- MACC: 1 ECE : 8 children
- GCC (30m - SA): 1 ECE : 8 children / 1 ECE & 1 ECEA : 9-16 children
Date to be Corrected: 2019/09/19
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19080 - CCLR s.57(2)(b) - A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (b) date of enrolment in the community care facility.
Observation: CCFL reviewed all children's files & found that 1 lacked her enrolment date.
Corrective Action(s): Children's enrolment dates must be documented.
Date to be Corrected: 23/Sep/2019
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19090 - CCLR s.57(2)(c) - A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (c) daily attendance record, indicating for each day whether the child is absent or, if the child is present, the time of arrival and departure.
Observation: A school age child's attendance wasn't signed out upon transfer of care from the CCF to her school.
Corrective Action(s): School age children's attendance must be documented accurately:
- signed in upon arrival to the CCF
- signed out upon transfer of care from CCF to school
- signed in upon transfer of care from school to CCF
- signed out upon departure from the CCF
Date to be Corrected: Immediately
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19180 - CCLR s.57(2)(k) - A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (k) the date on which the child stops attending the community care facility.
Observation: Several children's files didn't show their last day of care.
Corrective Action(s): Children's last day of care must be documented.
Date to be Corrected: 25/Sep/2019
RECORDS AND REPORTING: 19190 - CCLR s.57(3)(a) - A licensee must have in writing from a parent, and maintain at the community care facility, consent (a) to call a medical practitioner or ambulance in case of accident or illness if the parent cannot immediately be reached.
Observation: An employee went to pick up school age children & didn't take children's files or emergency consent cards.
Corrective Action(s): Children's emergency consent cards or files must be taken when children are taken or picked up offsite.
Date to be Corrected: Immediately
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