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Parkdale Early Childhood Centre

Facility Type: Child Care - 300

Complaint

July 4, 2025
Score & Grade: 0 Grade:
Contraventions:
A summary of the new or corrected contraventions found during the inspections are listed below.
Code
Category/Description
3010 - CCALA 7(1)(b)(i)
Description: A licensee must do all of the following:(b) operate the community care facility in a manner that will promote the health, safety and dignity of persons in care
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure to operate the community care facility in a manner that will promote the health, safety and dignity of persons in care, specifically, staffing skills. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan to Licensing specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: Between June 25, 2025 and July 4, 2025, Manager submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: a staff meeting was held on May 30, 2025 with staff and members of the Board to review the incident occurred, policies and staff responsibilities regarding supervision. Staff meetings would be held on a quarterly basis for professional development and staff would continue to review policies and procedures. The corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: July 30, 2025
Observations: Regarding intake May 28, 2025. Through the investigation process, Licensing determined that staff did not demonstrate the skills required to ensure the health, safety and dignity of children when a child who was known to require close supervision was left with a practicum student and later was left unsupervised long enough to climb a garden embankment and leave the daycare.
3030 - CCLR 34(1)
Description: A licensee must ensure that children are adequately supervised by qualified employees in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of each child.
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children are adequately supervised by qualified employees in sufficient numbers to meet the needs of each child. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan to Licensing specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: Between June 25, 2025 and July 4, 2025, Manager, submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: A staff meeting was held on May 30, 2025 with all staff and members of the Board to review the incident occurred, policies, staff and practicum students responsibilities regarding supervision. Staff and practicum students were reminded that students were not included in ratio, left alone with children nor act as qualified staff. Additionally, staff reviewed and signed a diagram indicating the requirement of supervision by a minimum of two staff to always see all areas of the playground. The corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: July 30, 2025
Observations: Regarding intake May 28, 2025. Through the investigation process, Licensing determined that a practicum student acted as a qualified employee when released a child to a parent and was directly supervised a child in the outdoor area.
3030 - CCLR 39(1)
Description: A licensee must ensure that children are supervised at all times by a person who is an educator, an assistant or a responsible adult.
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children are supervised at all times by an educator/assistant. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan to Licensing specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: Between June 25, 2025 and July 4, 2025, Manager, submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: a staff meeting was held on May 30, 2025 with staff and members of the Board to review the incident occurred, policies and staff responsibilities regarding supervision. Staff meetings would be held on a quarterly basis for professional development and to continue to review policies. Additionally, staff members reviewed and signed a diagram of the playground area indicating the requirement of supervision by a minimum of two staff to always see all areas of the playground. The corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: July 30, 2025
Observations: Regarding intake May 28, 2025. Through the investigation process, Licensing determined that a child was left in the outdoor area without supervision.