Pocokids Care & Learn

A licensee must establish a program to instruct children in, and to practise the rules of, health and hygiene.

Observation. Children's pillows are stored together.

Corrective action. The Licensee said she will create storage for the children's pillows.

A licensee must: (b) have an emergency plan that sets out procedures to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from any emergency.

Observation. The fire extinguisher required to be serviced this month.

Corrective action. The Licensee said she will have it serviced.

A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (e) any illness, allergy or medical disability disclosed to the licensee by the child or his or her parent or medical practitioner.

Observation. The allergy information for a child is not current.

Corrective action. The Licensee said that she will ask the parents to update the information.

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. During inspection licensing observed the following was accessible to children: - Rust build up on the metal front panel of the fireplace. - 2 children portable potties with urine in it was placed in the hallway. During the inspection, the manager corrected this and said that urine is usually discarded and potties sanitized immediately after each use, but today was a busy day, so it was not done. -Cupboard with 4 containers of laundry detergent was unlocked.

Corrective action. manager said that the rusted fireplace will be painted, and a child-proof lock will be installed on the cupboard where laundry detergents are stored.

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. Some knobs on kitchen cabinets door & drawer are broken; a black string is being used instead which is not fully secure making contents in these cabinets accessible to children.

Corrective action. Manager said that knobs will be replaced by this weekend and photos will be emailed to Licensing.

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. When the licensing officer arrived and knocked on the entrance door, a child opened it and when the licensing officer stepped inside the manager was seen speaking with another staff. Manager said she usually opens the door, but today was a busy day, and she does remind the children not to open the door.

Corrective action. Manager said she will install a child proof lock on the entrance door to ensure a child does not open the front door by themselves.

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: (f) evidence that the person has complied with the Province's immunization and tuberculosis control programs.

Observation. Immunization status was not obtained for one staff.

Corrective action. Manager said that she will obtain immunization status for staff. Licensing provided sample CCFL form for recording staff immunization status.

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) a criminal record check for the person.

Observation. Staff file did not have a criminal record check. Manager said that she is aware that the staff has a valid criminal check from another daycare; but she does not have a copy of it.

Corrective action. Manager said she will ask staff to provide a CRC copy from the other facility and will also apply for staff criminal check through Criminal Record Review Agency sharing program.

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.

Observation. A minimum of two character references were not obtained for one staff. Manager said she has personally known the staff for a long time, licensing discussed that verified character references are CCFL requirement for staff file.

Corrective action. Manager said that she will obtain and verify two character references for the staff.

A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility as (a) an educator or an assistant unless the person holds a certificate issued under Division 2 [Employee Qualifications], which must be verified by the system maintained by the early childhood educator registry. (Educator or assistant certificate validation)

Observation. 1 staff's certificate has not been verified through the Early Childhood Educator Registry. The Manager was not aware that ECE certificates need to be verified by the ECE Registry. Licensing officer will email the manager the validation link to verify ECE certificate.

Corrective action. Manager will validate staff ECE certificate and keep evidence of validation in staff file.

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: (c) a record of the person's work history.

Observation. A record of the person's work history was not obtained for one staff

Corrective action. Manager said that she will ask the staff to provide their resume for staff file.

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

Observation. Upon inspection there were many items piled on high shelves that posed a fall hazard in the event of an earthquake.

Corrective action. Please ensure a healthy and safe environment is provided at all times that children are in care.

A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (a) name, sex, date of birth, medical insurance plan number and immunization status.

Observation. Upon inspection of 4 children's files, 1 file did not contain a medical practitioner number.

Corrective action. Please ensure the children's files are complete.

A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (c) daily attendance record, indicating for each day whether the child is absent or, if the child is present, the time of arrival and departure.

Observation. Upon review of the attendance records, 4 departure times had not been recorded.

Corrective action. Please ensure arrival and departure times are recorded.

A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (b) date of enrolment in the community care facility.

Observation. Upon review of 4 children's files, none contained a date of enrollment.

Corrective action. Please ensure the children's files are complete.

A licensee must ensure that each employee (b) practices implementing the fire drill system at least once each month.

Observation. Upon review of the fire drill records, 2 months had not been recorded.

Corrective action. Please ensure fire drills are implemented and recorded for inspection.