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St. Matthew's School

Inspection · 2024-09-25

Date
2024-09-25
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Nanette Roberts
(757) 404-2322
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 9/25/24. The on-site inspection began at 9:30am and ended at 12:07pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 60 children present and 9 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 4 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, observations and measurements. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 10/3/24. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

6
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-I
Documentation of orientation training shall be kept by the center in a manner that allows for identification by the individual staff member, is considered part of the staff members record, and shall include all of the required information.

Staff #1, who has been actively working at the center for the past six weeks, did not have documentation of orientation training in the record.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Areas and equipment of the center, inside and out, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

On the outdoor play equipment, there was jagged, rusted metal exposed on the staircase edging of the steps going up to the slide platform.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-50-A
Children's records shall be treated confidentially.

In the Prek4B classroom, a child?s asthma action plan was posted on a wall. There was no covering on the medical information and anyone entering the classroom could see this confidential information.
Plan of Correction: A staff member in the classroom placed cover sheet over the medical information during the inspection.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
The center is required to maintain at the center a separate record for each child that contains all of the required information.

The record for child #1, #4, #5 did not contain parent workplace and work phone numbers.

The record for child #3 did not contain parent work phone number.

The record for child #3, and #4 did not contain the address of the emergency contacts.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Documentation of at least two references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment.

Staff #1, who has been actively working at the center for the past six weeks, had one, but not two of the required completed reference verifications on file.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-90-A
A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child?s record by the first day of the child?s attendance. The agreement shall be signed by the parent and include; (90-A-1) Authorization for emergency medical care; (90-A-2) A statement that the center will notify the parent when the child becomes ill and that the parent will have the child picked up immediately; (90-A-3) A statement that the parent will inform the center within 24 hours or the next business day if the child or a member of the immediate household has developed a communicable disease, except for life threatening diseases which must be reported immediately.

The records for child #1, #2, #4 and #5 did not contain documentation of the required written agreements between the parent and the center as listed in standard 8VAC20-780-90-A-1, 2, 3.

The record for child #3 did not contain documentation of the required written agreements between the parent and the center as listed in standard 8VAC20-780-90-A-2, 3.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
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