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Inspection · 2025-01-16

Date
2025-01-16
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Morgan Bryson
(540) 270-0057
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 Staffing and Supervision.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on 1/16/2025 in response to a self-report received by the licensing office on 1/8/2025 relating to supervision. The inspector reviewed 1 child?s record on 1/16/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. 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 violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 1/23/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

1
Standard 8VAC20-780-340-F
Repeat Violation

Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.

On 1/3/2025, Child #1 (Age 2) was out of sight and sound supervision of staff for approximately 20 seconds when Staff #1 turned their back to the classroom to prepare for naptime. Child #1 left the Preschool room and walked to the other side of the building to the Twos room.
Plan of Correction: Sight and sound are crucial for the safety and well-being of the children. Therefore, to ensure we are following licensing regulations, these are the action plans to be discussed at the next staff meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 21st. Staff will sign off on a meeting agenda to include these topics to verify their attendance and that they have been re-trained in these areas.

? Always maintaining appropriate child-to-staff ratio to ensure adequate supervision of the children based on their age and development needs.
? Staff should position themselves in clear visibility and audibility of all the children in their care and the classroom to avoid any blind spots.
? Minimize distraction by avoiding activities that may distract them from supervising children.
? Constant monitoring of the environment to ensure all children are safe and accounted for.
? Enforce company supervision policy especially during high-risk periods such as naptime, transitions, mealtime, and arrival/departure time.

Staff #1: Staff was coached and retrained one-on-one on proper sight and sound supervision on 1/08/2025.
Child #1: Child?s parent was notified by phone call and an incident report was provided and signed by the parent.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services