Description: A licensee, other than a licensee who provides a care program described as School Age Care on School Grounds, must ensure that any heated water accessible to children is heated to no more than 49° Celsius.

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that any heated water accessible to children is heated to no more than 49° Celsius.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: October 21, 2022

Observations: Licensing tested one sink where children access hot water and the temperature was 57 ° Celsius. This represents an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care and must be corrected immediately. The staff stated that the children will only use the cold tap water and that the children would be supervised. Staff stated that a person came in to lower the water temperature. Staff would follow-up with the Licensee to have the water turned down. Licensing to follow-up on October 24, 2022 to retest the water temperature. Full compliance will not be achieved until the plan to turn water temperature down has been implemented and completed.

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: Ensure that all staff files contain a criminal record check.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: November 14, 2022

Observations: Licensing audited two staff files and one staff file did not contain a criminal record check.

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 that all staff files contain two character references.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: November 14, 2022

Observations: Licensing audited two staff files and one staff file was missing two character reference.

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: Ensure that all staff files contain a record of an immunization status.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: November 14, 2022

Observations: Licensing audited two staff files and one staff file was missing a record of immunization status.

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 two staff files and observed that the ECE/ITE certificates had been verified.

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

To Be Corrected By:

Observations: