Description: Depth guidelines for loose fill material (if protective surfacing used) : minimum 15 cm (6”) for 1.5 metre (5’) equipment height minimum 30 cm (12”) for 2.3 metre (7’) equipment height (Consider surfacing table, Triax, etc.)

Corrective Actions Required: Ensure equipment between five feet and seven feet has at least six inches of protective surfacing.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: October 26, 2024

Observations: Licensing observed that the single spinning wheel on the composite climber measured six feet in height. Licensing also observed that the protective surfacing under the spinning wheel measure between one inch and two inches and there were exposed roots.

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 staff files contain a valid CRC.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: October 26, 2024

Observations: Licensing performed an audit of seven staff files this date. One file did not have a criminal record check (CRC) and one file had a CRC from a different organization.

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 that all educator and assistant certificates are validated.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: October 26, 2024

Observations: Licensing observed that four staff certificates had not been validated through the ECE Registry.

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:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensing audited ten children's files, a medical practitioner information had been obtained for all children's files.

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

To Be Corrected By:

Observations:

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:

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: Licensing observed two staff working this date, and all staff files were on site.

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

To Be Corrected By:

Observations:

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 the facility is operated in a manner that will promote the health and safety of children in care, specifically related to capacity and terms and conditions on the licence.

Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:

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

To Be Corrected By: October 26, 2024

Observations: This item is a carry over from Routine Follow Up Inspection dated April 22, 2024 regarding children from another licenced program using the washroom in the Group Child Care (School Age) program. Licensing was also notified this date that there was an unlicenced program being operating, up to five days per week, in the Group Child Care (School Age) program that is in the Gym.