Description: 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

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure staff files contain character references.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: August 15, 2024

Observations: Licensing performed an audit of five staff files this date. One file was missing character references.

Description: A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility as an educator or an assistant unless the person holds a valid 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

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure educator or assistant certificates are validated through the ECE Registry.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: July 15, 2024

Observations: Licensing performed an audit of five staff files this date. On file did not have a certificate validated through the ECE Registry. This item was corrected at time of inspection.

Description: 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,

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children's files contain consent to call an ambulance in case of accident/illness.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.

To Be Corrected By: August 15, 2024

Observations: Licensing performed an audit of nine children's files this date. Two files were missing consent to call an ambulance.