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Kidz Circle

Facility Type: Child Care - 300

Routine

February 20, 2025
Score & Grade: 0 Grade:
Contraventions:
A summary of the new or corrected contraventions found during the inspections are listed below.
Code
Category/Description
3000 - CCLR 47
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 person in care do not have access to water greater than 49 degrees Celsius.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: March 20, 2025
Observations: All sinks (8) accessible by children were above 49 degrees. These temperatures ranged from 50.2 - 52.8 degrees. This represents an immediate risk to the health and safety of persons in care and must be corrected immediately. The Manager turned off the hot water during the inspection and stated it would not be turned on until Licensing could return to reassess. Full compliance will not be achieved until the plan has been implemented and completed.
3070 - CCLR 57(2)(j)
Description: A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (j) a record of any person who is not permitted access to the child
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that each child's file has a record of person not permitted access to child.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing:
To Be Corrected By: March 20, 2025
Observations: Licensing observed that no children's files contained "person's not permitted" section.
3070 - CCLR 58(2)(b)
Description: The licensee must review the care plan at least once each year with a parent of the child requiring extra support and any person requested by the parent.
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that yearly review of care plans is occurring with parent(s).
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing:
To Be Corrected By: March 20, 2025
Observations: Licensing observed that care plans existed for two children, but had not been reviewed (dated and signed) by families within the last year.
3070 - CCLR 59(a)
Description: In respect of a record referred to in this Division, a licensee must (a) keep in a single place at the community care facility the records referred to in sections 56 to 58,
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure that files for all children are kept onsite and accessible.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: March 20, 2025
Observations: Licensing observed that the only files on site were for the kindergartens and grade 1s. No files for the children Grade 2 to Grade 7 for when they come in the morning were on site. Similar, files for school age staff who move between programs weren't on site.