Inspection · 2024-06-21
Licensing Inspector
Stephanie Reed
(540) 272-6558
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.
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Areas Reviewed
8VAC20-780 Programs
Inspector Notes
An unannounced inspection was initiated on June 21, 2024 and completed on September 13, 2024 in response to a complaint received by the licensing office on June 19, 2024 relating to allegations of forbidden action. The inspector reviewed one child?s record and one staff record on-site. This inspection included document review, interviews and observations.
The preponderance of evidence gathered during the investigation supports the allegation; therefore, the complaint is determined to be valid. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and the 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 September 24, 2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website
Standard 8VAC20-780-410-5
Based on staff interviews and review of documentation, the center failed to ensure that staff did not engage in forbidden action of forcing food when supervising children. Evidence: On June 19, 2024, Staff #2 forced open child #3?s, age 3 years old, mouth and shoved a piece of bologna found on the lunch table into Child #3?s mouth. Staff #2 then proceeded to move child #3?s jaw in a chewing motion.
Plan of Correction: Program policies, training and monitoring systems will continue to support the prevention of Forbidden Actions. To ensure behavioral guidance is constructive in nature, ages and stages appropriate, and will support the redirection of children to appropriate behavioral to assist conflict being resolved. The definition of Forbidden Action as well as examples given will be transparently shared. Program will continue to provide training at the time of hiring as well as offering during our annual preservice training; we will very transparent and use this situation as an example of how active supervision, behavioral guidance will be constructive in nature while age appropriate supporting redirection and how to assist children in resolving conflicts.
Personnel Action taken with staff member: Employee was terminated.