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Victory Children's Center

Inspection · 2022-07-22

Date
2022-07-22
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Angela Farmer
(276) 608-2283
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
? 8VAC20-780 Special Services.
? 8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
? 8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
? 20 Access to minor?s records
? 22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
? 63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Inspector Notes

A monitoring inspection was initiated on 7/22/2022 and concluded on 7/22/2022. There were 30 children present with six staff supervising children, two administrative staff and a cook. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies and nutrition. A total of eight child records and five staff records were reviewed. The inspection started at 10:00 am and concluded at 1:30 pm.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Violations

5
Standard 8VAC20-780-245-A
Based on record reviews the center failed to ensure that staff complete 16 hours of annual training appropriate to the age of children in care.
Evidence:
There are no annual training hours documented for Staff #1 (hire date 4/1/2020; #2 (hire date5/24/2021); #3 (hire date 7/28/2020); #4 (hire date 8/19/2010)
Plan of Correction: The director will ensure that all staff received 16 hours of annual training.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Based on observation the center failed to ensure that areas and equipment inside and outside shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.
Evidence:
1. Located on the infant/toddler playground is a Little Tykes house that has a broken window. This could entangle clothing or snag skin.
2. The Little Tykes house located on the big playground has holes on the side that are accessible to the children that could snag skin.
3. The tricycles on the big playground ground are rusting and have plastic pieces broken that could snag skin.
4. The Little Tykes trike has a seat that is missing, the picnic table top is broken which could snag skin. The Little Tykes climber has a green slide that has cracks at the bottom.
5. The intake vent in the K-3 room has dust and dirt that is accessible to the children.
Plan of Correction: The director will have maintenance fix or remove the broken items and clean all areas.
Standard 8VAC20-780-330-B
Based on observation the center failed to ensure that the playground equipment is provided with adequate resilient surfacing.
Evidence:
1. The infant/toddler playground had grass growing in the resilient surfacing. There was no surfacing under the slide.
Plan of Correction: Mulch has been purchased and will be placed under all of the equipment.
Standard 8VAC20-780-330-F
Based on observation during the inspection the center failed to provide a shady area on the playgrounds during June, July.
Evidence:
1. The big playgrounds did not have a shady area for the children.
Plan of Correction: The director will make sure a shady area is accessible to the children while on the playgrounds during June, July, August.
Standard 8VAC20-780-400-C
Based on observation the center failed to ensure that when time out is used as a behavior guidance it shall be used sparingly and not exceed one minute for each year of the child's age.
Evidence:
During the inspection the LI observed staff #3 take her class out side to the playground. Child #1 (3yrs old) was not allowed to play and was made to sit on the ground for approximately 10 minutes while the other children played.
Plan of Correction: The director will have a staff training on behavioral guidance and the appropriate use of time out.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services