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Colwood Kids Early Childhood Center

Facility Type: Child Care - 300

Routine

January 4, 2024
Score & Grade: 0 Grade:
Contraventions:
A summary of the new or corrected contraventions found during the inspections are listed below.
Code
Category/Description
3010 - CCLR 19(1)(b)
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: January 31, 2024
Observations: Licensing observed four staff files this date. Three files were missing one character reference.
3010 - CCLR 19(4)(a)
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 any 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: January 31, 2024
Observations: Licensing observed four staff files this date. One file did not have a certificate validated through the ECE Registry.
3070 - CCLR 57(2)(a)
Description: A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (a)name, sex, date of birth, medical insurance plan number (MSP number does not apply to REC only) and immunization status.
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children's files contain a medical insurance plan number.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 31, 2024
Observations: Licensing performed an audit of eight children's files this date. Two files were missing a medical insurance plan number.
3070 - CCLR 57(2)(b)
Description: A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (b) date of enrolment in the community care facility
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children's files contain date of enrollment.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 31, 2024
Observations: Licensing performed an audit of eight children's files this date. Three files were missing date of enrollment.
3070 - CCLR 57(2)(d)
Description: A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (d) name and telephone number of a parent, medical practitioner (doctor's name and number does not apply to REC only) and emergency contact
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children's files contain medical practitioner and emergency contact information.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 31, 2024
Observations: Licensing performed an audit of eight children's files this date. Five files were missing medical practitioner information and three files were missing an emergency contact.
3070 - CCLR 57(3)(b)
Description: A licensee must have in writing from a parent, and maintain at the community care facility, consent (b) to release a child to someone other than the parent.
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children's files contain consent to release to someone other than the parent.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 31, 2024
Observations: Licensing performed an audit of eight children's files this date. Three files were missing consent to release to someone other than the parent.
3070 - CCLR 58(2)(a)
Description: The licensee must develop the care plan in consultation,with a parent of the child requiring extra support and any person requested by the parent.
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure a care plan is developed in consultation with the child's parent for any child requiring extra support.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: January 11, 2024
Observations: Licensing observed that there was no care plan developed for a child with emergency medication on site. Manager stated that the medication had not been required to date.