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Community Care Facilities Licensing
FACILITY INSPECTION REPORT
HEALTH & SAFETY
ONIR-CBGP5R

FACILITY NAME
ABC Academy - Children's Learning Center Ltd
SERVICE TYPES
302 Group Child Care (30 months to school age)
FACILITY LICENSE #
NGIL-ATKSU4
FACILITY ADDRESS
160 - 401 Eighth St
FACILITY PHONE
(604) 805-2402
CITY
New Westminster
POSTAL CODE
V3M 1S7
MANAGER
Afi Solange Segbeaya

INSPECTION DATE
February 08, 2022
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
ADDITIONAL INSP. DATE (multi-day)
TIME SPENT (HRS.)
2
ARRIVAL
10:45 AM
DEPARTURE
12:00 PM
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
ARRIVAL
DEPARTURE
INSPECTION TYPE
Routine
# OBSERVED IN CARE
14

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: During the inspection it was observed that 14 children's blue cots were covered with sheets and had blankets on them. The cots were stacked one on top of each other causing the sheets to touch promoting cross contamination.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure a healthy and safe environment is provided at all times. Please ensure that the blankets and sheets do not touch.
Date to be Corrected: February 22, 2022

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 of the physical facility the following was observed:
- one plank was missing from the outside fence. Manager stated that the landlord is aware of the missing plank and that he will fix it.
- the underlay fabric from under the wood chips was showing and posed a tripping hazard. Manager stated that she will add more wood chips to prevent the children from tripping over the underlay fabric.
- various walls in the indoor facility were showing signs of wear and tear by having paint pealing. The surface where the paint was pealing has become porous making it hard to clean.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that the facility is in good repair.
Date to be Corrected: February 22, 2022

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 (CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION): A cupboard containing a windex spray bottle, a bottle of Mr. Clean cleaning substance and a bottle of baby oil was unlocked allowing children access to the hazardous substances.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure children do not have access to any hazardous substances.
Date to be Corrected: Immediately.

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: During the inspection of the emergency supplies, it was noted that some food in the emergency kits expired in January. The manager stated she will review all the emergency kits and she will ask the parents to replace the expired food.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure that you have enough supplies to mitigate, respond and recover from an emergency.
Date to be Corrected: February 22, 2022

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: During the inspection of the daily attendance records it was noted that one child was not signed out on several days.
Corrective Action(s): Please ensure you maintain an accurate daily attendance record.
Date to be Corrected: February 22, 2022


Comments

At the inspection dated February 08, 2022 there were 14 children, 3 staff and the manager present. At this inspection the above noted contraventions were identified. Actions required by the licensee and actions required the LO included here. As part of this Routine Inspection a Facility Risk Assessment Tool is completed and a copy is provided.

The following education/recommendations were provided:
· Guiding Children's Behaviour
· Alternative Emergency supplies
· Circle time programming and reasonable and realistic expectations of children’s behaviour
· Active supervision
· Professional development for staff

The following resources were provided:
· Reportable Incident Bulletin
· Reportable incident forms
· Care Plan Bulletin

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

· This report has been written off site. No signature was needed. This report was discussed and emailed to the licensee.

Action Required by Licensee/ManagerAction Required by Licensing Staff
Take corrective action to bring facility into complianceNo action required
Due Date
Feb 22, 2022

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