LICENSING: 10050 - CCLR s.11(1) - A licensee must display in a prominent place in the community care facility both the licence, including any terms or conditions of the licence, and the name of the manager.
Observation: The licence was not posted in a prominent place in the facility.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure the licence is displayed in a prominent place in the facility
Date to be Corrected: February 9, 2024
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: During inspection the following was observed:
-The windows on the second floor of the building have been replaced and now open up wide enough for a child to fit through. There are no restrictors on the windows and they present a severe fall hazard.
-The refrigerator's temperature was measured at 8 degrees and appeared to not be working. Food that was to be served to children was stored in this section of the fridge.
-A video monitor was plugged into the outlet next to a baby crib giving the child direct access to the plug going into the outlet.
- A 5 foot unsecured ladder is stored up against the wall in the children's washroom.
- Two fire extinguishers have been removed from the harness used to secure them to the wall and pose a hazard to children
- A stall door in the children's washroom downstairs has fallen off and is being stored up against the washroom stall wall and is unsecured.
-One set of Electrical plug covers were missing in the infant/toddler room (were replaced during inspection) and 2 sets in the nap room.
-The sanitization bottle is shared between the kitchen and washroom
-Nap mats are stacked together and are touching
Corrective Action(s): A corrective action must be submitted to licensing
Date to be Corrected: February 5, 2024
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11020 - CCLR s.13(2) - A licensee must ensure that the community care facility and the furniture, equipment and fixtures within it are clean and in good repair while children are in attendance.
Observation: During the inspection licensing observed:
-The heavy metal door in the washroom stall in the downstairs area, had fallen off and struck the toilet and broke the lid. The manager reported that the door fell over the weekend while the children were not in care approx 2 weeks before inspection. The broken toilet back was covered with a piece of plastic that was taped down. The door was propped on it's side against the wall in the stall.
-The newly painted walls had chips and require repair in the downstairs infant toddler room and 30 months - school age rooms.
- toys for disposal were stored in the hallway
- items such as heater, air/fan unit, easel were stored in the nap room
- The heat register in the upstairs childcare room is not longer adhered to the floor.
Corrective Action(s): A corrective action plan must be submitted to licensing
Date to be Corrected: January 29, 2024
PHYSICAL FACILITY, EQUIPMENT AND FURNISHINGS: 11200 - CCLR s.17 - A licensee must ensure that children do not have access to any object or substance that may be hazardous to the health or safety of a child.
Observation: Medicated cream is stored in an unlocked cabinet in the washroom at child level. A tub of air freshener with an open top was stored on the counter in the washroom at child level
Corrective Action(s): Secure all medicated cream and air fresheners so that children do not have access
Date to be Corrected: January 26, 2024
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: 13020 - CCLR s.22(1)(b) - A licensee must: (b) have an emergency plan that sets out procedures to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from any emergency.
Observation: Some of the food supplies contained in the emergency kit had expired. Several of the fire extinguishers had signs on them that stated they had been inspected and failed inspection and required replacement.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure all supplies and equipment meant for responding to an emergency are in good working order and have not expired.
Date to be Corrected: February 9, 2024
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: 13050 - CCLR s.56(1)(c) - A licensee must keep current records of each of the following: (c) a record respecting compliance with section 22 (2) (b) and (c) [emergency training and equipment].
Observation: A review of records in the Infant/Toddler classroom found that fire and emergency drills had not been recorded since October of 2023
Corrective Action(s): Ensure all fire and emergency drills are recorded when practiced
Date to be Corrected:
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 (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): A review of daily attendance records and staff certificates revealed that since October, 2023 the infant toddler room has not had an Infant Toddler certified staff from 8am - 9AM each day.
Corrective Action(s): Ensure that the ratio of staff to children is not less that permitted in schedule E
Date to be Corrected: January 26, 2024
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