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Community Care Facilities Licensing
FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT
HEALTH & SAFETY
SWAR-BQ3S9M
FACILITY NAME
Creative Minds Child Care		SERVICE TYPES
304 Family Child Care
FACILITY LICENSE #
LSEO-B5LSGA
FACILITY ADDRESS
26538 33rd Ave		FACILITY PHONE
(778) 235-1497
CITY
Aldergrove		POSTAL CODE
V4W 3G2		MANAGER
Kassandra Pennington
INSPECTION DATE
May 29, 2020		ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
TIME SPENT (HRS.)
1.25
ARRIVAL
09:40 AM		DEPARTURE
10:30 AM		ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
INSPECTION TYPE
Routine		# OBSERVED IN CARE
Introduction

A scheduled 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 (DLSP).
Risk screening was conducted prior to the inspection.
All areas of the facility were reviewed 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
CARE AND/OR SUPERVISION: 14060 - CCLR s.39(1) - A licensee must ensure that children are supervised at all times by a person who is an educator, an assistant or a responsible adult.
Observation: During inspection, Licensing observed the Licensees own child leaving the program area to go to the upper part of the home. When questioned, the Licensee stated that it was ok because the Licensee's Spouse was at home upstairs.
As this child is considered part of the group, supervision must be maintained at all times. There was no communication between the Licensee and Spouse to ensure the child was indeed supervised upstairs.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure continuous supervision at all times and provide a corrective action plan as to how this will occur when the other parent is at home.
Date to be Corrected: June 5th 2020
Comments

Summary of Inspection

At today’s inspection there were 4 children and the Licensee present.
Licensing did not conduct a full walk through of the whole home due to Covid-19 prevention methods.

At this inspection the above noted contraventions were identified.
Licensee is required to submit a corrective action plan to address the contravention/s
Licensing will review the corrective action plan
As part of this Routine Inspection a Facility Risk Assessment Tool was completed and a copy was provided.

Licensing reviewed the facility’s COVID-19 prevention strategies and noted the following:
- Health and safety system in place in response to Pandemic with extra sanitizing and hand washing

The following education/recommendations were provided through discussion:
- Having a specific area to care for a sick child while waiting for parent pick up
- Adding further information to the Health and Illness policy to reflect pandemic protocols which is provided to parents
- Ensuring more outdoor time to assist with physical distancing promotion
- Limiting families to the door and Licensee signing in/out of children

The following resources were provided at the time of inspection/by email. Facility has been receiving Licensing Officer’s emails:
- Covid-19 resource package
- How to wash hands posters

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

Further websites:
BCCDC for Covid-19 information: http://www.bccdc.ca/health-info/diseases-conditions/covid-19
Criminal Records Checks at:
www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/crime-prevention/criminal-record-check
Appetite to Play at: https://www.appetitetoplay.com
Healthlink BC at: https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/services-and-resources/healthlinkbc-files


The contents of this inspection report was reviewed with the Licensee and the report written offsite, therefore no signatures attached. The report will be emailed directly to the Licensee.
If you have any concerns or further questions regarding the content of this report, please contact your Licensing Officer. (Contact details provided)
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
Jun 05, 2020
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