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Winwood Children's Center VIII

Inspection · 2022-09-07

Date
2022-09-07
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Laura Lunceford
(571) 835-5058
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

Areas of Standards 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.
? 8VAC20-770 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 conducted on September 7, 2022. There were 95 children present, with 15 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies and nutrition. The children were observed playing outside, writing, and engaged in tabletop activities. A total of 5 child records and 7 staff records were reviewed. 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. Contact Nancy.Radcliffe@doe.virginia.gov or call 703-268-3728 if you have any questions regarding this inspection.

Violations

2
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
Based on review of staff records, the center did not obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history check and or child abuse and neglect registry search from any state in which an individual has resided in the preceding five years.
Evidence
Staff # 3 (Date of hire 8/1/22) has resided in Texas and Maryland in the preceding five years. The center did not obtain a criminal history check for Texas before first day of employment or a child abuse and neglect registry search for Texas and Maryland within 45 days of first day of employment.
Plan of Correction: We will do the out of state background checks and send the results to our inspector. Going forward we will make sure to conduct all background checks within the required timeframe.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Based on review of staff records, one did not contain documentation that two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment.
Evidence:
The record for staff #1 had documentation that only one reference was checked before the first day of employment.
The record for staff #2 and #3 did not have documentation that any references were checked before the first day of employment.
Plan of Correction: We will do two reference checks before we hire a new employee.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services