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Winwood Children's Center VIII

Inspection · 2025-02-24

Date
2025-02-24
Complaint Related
Yes
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

8VAC20-780 Administration
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed. If there were any serious injuries or fatalities related to a violation, the details will be included in the description of the violation.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced inspection was initiated on 02/24/2025 and completed on 02/27/2025, with a local agency in response to a complaint received by the licensing office on 02/24/2025 relating to allegations of care and protection. The inspector reviewed 1 children?s records and 1 staff records on-site on 02/27/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, 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 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 03/13/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

2
Standard 8VAC20-780-400-B
Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts.

On 2/19/2025, a video recording provided by the center observed that staff #1 did not provide age and stage appropriate redirection to a child that had thrown an object and pushed another child.
Plan of Correction: Staff #1 is separated from the company. Remaining Center staff have been retrained on appropriate redirection as well as prohibited actions. Center administration will continue to monitor staff for complaince.
Standard 8VAC20-780-410-1
The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: roughly handling a child.

On 02/19/2025, a video recording provided by the center showed staff #1 grabbed the hand of child #1. Staff #1 pulled their arm, and subsequently picked the child up by one arm, holding their upper arm, before then grabbing the other arm to carry them to a nearby chair. Child #1 was then sat into a chair, staff #1 held their head back while talking to them. Child #1 then got up from their chair, while staff #1 spoke with a parent. Once the parent left, staff #1 then grabbed child #1 again by the upper arms to roughly sit them back in the chair.
Plan of Correction: Immediately upon notification of the incident, Staff #1 was excluded from attending work and is now separated from the company.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services