Stepping Stones (Roy Wilcox) Child Care Centre

• Care and Supervision

  Care and Supervision: A licensee must ensure that children are supervised at all times by a person who is an educator, an assistant or a responsible adult.

  Observation. Children were not supervised by educator, assistant or responsible adult.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 39 (1)
• Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings

  Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that a healthy and safe environment is provided at all times while children are under the supervision of employees.

  Observation. Environment is unsafe for children in care.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 13(1)
• Policies and Procedures

  Policies and Procedures: A licensee must keep current records of each of the following: written policies and procedures that are intended to guide employees in the care and supervision of children.

  Observation. Policy not in place.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 56(1)(d)
• Records and Reporting

  Records and Reporting: A licensee must immediately notify a parent or emergency contact if, while under the care or supervision of the licensee, the child is involved in, or may have been involved in, a reportable incident described in Schedule H.

  Observation. Inadequate notification.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 55(1)(b)

• Care and Supervision

  Care and Supervision: Without limiting subsection (1), a licensee must ensure that children attending a community care facility are divided into groups, with each group having no more children than that permitted in Schedule E.

  Observation. Children were not divided as per Schedule E.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 34(2)(a)
• Licensing

  Licensing: A licensee must display in a prominent place in the community care facility the certificate, or a copy of the certificate, of any educator or assistant employed to work in the community care facility.

  Observation. Certificate(s) not displayed.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 11(4)
• Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings

  Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that a healthy and safe environment is provided at all times while children are under the supervision of employees.

  Observation. Environment is unsafe for children in care.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 13(1)
• Records and Reporting

  Records and Reporting: A licensee must keep current records for each child showing the information set out in subsection (2).

  Observation. Insufficient records.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 57(1)(a)
• Staffing

  Staffing: 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: character references in respect of the person.

  Observation. Employee references not obtained.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 19(1)(b)

No violations recorded at this inspection.

• Licensing

  Licensing: A licensee must display in a prominent place in the community care facility both the licence, including any terms or conditions of the licence, and the name of the manager.

  Observation. Manager name not displayed.

  CCLR Section 11(1)
• Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings

  Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that a healthy and safe environment is provided at all times while children are under the supervision of employees.

  Observation. Observed walls to have many gouges which can cause sanitization issues. Large hold beside concrete in the outdoor area posing a falling risk for children.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 13(1)
• Policies and Procedures

  Policies and Procedures: A licensee must display a copy of the fire drill system in a prominent place in the community care facility.

  Observation. Fire drill system was not posted.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 22(3)
• Records and Reporting

  Records and Reporting: A licensee must keep current records for each child showing the information set out in subsection (2).

  Observation. Insufficient records.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 57(1)(a)

• Policies and Procedures

  Policies and Procedures: A licensee must keep current records of each of the following: written policies and procedures that are intended to guide employees in the care and supervision of children.

  Observation. Insufficient policy.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 56(1)(d)
• Policies and Procedures

  Policies and Procedures: A licensee must have all of the following: an emergency plan that sets out procedures to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from any emergency.

  Observation. 72 hour emergency kit insufficent .

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 22(1)(b)
• Records and Reporting

  Records and Reporting: A licensee must keep current records for each child showing the information set out in subsection (2).

  Observation. Insufficient records.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 57(1)(a)
• Staffing

  Staffing: A licensee must ensure that each employee is trained in the implementation of the fire drill system and emergency plan described in subsection (1), including the use of any equipment noted in the fire drill system and emergency plan.

  Observation. Employee not trained.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 22(2)(a)

No violations recorded at this inspection.

• Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings

  Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that all indoor and outdoor play materials and equipment accessible to children are safely constructed, free from hazards and in good repair.

  Observation. Play material not free from hazards.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 16(4)(b)
• Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings

  Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that children do not have access to any object or substance that may be hazardous to the health or safety of a child.

  Observation. Children had access to hazards.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 17
• Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings

  Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must supply equipment, furniture and supplies that are of sturdy and safe construction, easy to clean and free from hazards.

  Observation. Equipment, furniture and/or supplies not sturdy.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 15(1)(a)
• Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings

  Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings:A licensee must ensure that the community care facility and the furniture, equipment and fixtures within it are clean and in good repair while children are in attendance.

  Observation. Equipment not in good repair.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCLR Section 13(2)
• Policies and Procedures

  Policies and Procedures: If a person prepays part of the cost of services provided by a class of community care facilities designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the licensee must, at the time of the prepayment, deliver to the person a written statement setting out the terms and conditions on which a refund of all or any of the prepayment will be made

  Observation. Repayment agreements not in place.

  Corrective action. The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.

  CCALA Section 19