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: a criminal record check for the person

Corrective Actions Required:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensing audited five staff files. A criminal record check had been obtained for all staff files.

Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.

To Be Corrected By:

Observations:

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:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensing audited five staff files. Character references had been obtained for staff files.

Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.

To Be Corrected By:

Observations:

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: evidence that the person has complied with the Province’s immunization and tuberculosis control programs

Corrective Actions Required:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensing audited five staff files. Immunization status had been obtained for staff files.

Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.

To Be Corrected By:

Observations:

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:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensing audited five staff files. All staff files had their ECE certificate verified by the ECE Registry.

Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.

To Be Corrected By:

Observations:

Description: Despite this section, during the half hour before a care program begins and the half hour after a care program ends, a licensee may permit children who would otherwise be grouped in different care programs, and who are arriving at or leaving the community care facility, to be grouped together and supervised other than as required under Schedule E if (a) the care program is described as Multi-Age Child Care, Group Child Care (Under 36 Months), Group Child Care (30 Months to School Age) or Group Child Care (School Age),

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) and the Group Child Care (30 Months to School Age) programs are not grouped together for more than 30 minutes after care began.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: June 30, 2023

Observations: Licensing observed the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) and the Group Child Care (30 Months to School Age) combined beyond the 30 minutes. The two programs did not separate until 8:56 a.m.

Description: If a licensee has agreed with a parent to give a child any medication prescribed by a medical practitioner or provided by the parent, the licensee and his or her employees must ensure that the medication is (a) administered to the child in the amount and at the times specified by the child’s parent or in the child’s record or care plan

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure medication is administered at the time specified by the parent.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: June 23, 2023

Observations: Licensing observed one medication form that did not have a time to administer the teething medication. It stated 'as needed.'

Description: A licensee, other than a licensee who provides a care program described as either Preschool (30 Months to School Age) or Group Child Care (School Age), must have in a community care facility a sturdy surface for changing diapers, located outside the food preparation area, next to a wash basin

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure diapers are changed next to a washbasin.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: July 12, 2023

Observations: Licensing observed staff change diapers outside in the playground in the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) program. The staff came inside to wash their hands. There was no washbasin located next to the diapering.