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Skipwith Academy @ Colonial Heights (#49)

Inspection · 2024-09-25

Date
2024-09-25
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Lynn Powers
(804) 840-8260
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.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
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

An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on September 25, 2024 and completed on October 3, 2024. The on-site inspection began at 1:05 PM and ended at 3:10 PM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 61 children present and 11 staff. The inspector reviewed six children?s records on-site and six staff records on-site and electronically on October 3, 2024. 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 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 October 11, 2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

This inspection report was amended on October 10, 2024.

Violations

3
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening. The documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment and be signed by a physician, physician's designee, or an official of the local health department.

The record for staff #6 did not have a TB screening within the last 30 calendar days of date of employment.
Plan of Correction: The employee had a TB screening dated for April 24th. The employee started on May 28th. This is 3 days outside of the 30 requirement.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.

On the playground, one fence board was not attached to the fence on all sides. One fence board was not attached to the top of the fence, the board was lifting away from the fence. A water table had one broken leg and a tricycle had no seat attached.
Plan of Correction: The bowing board at the top of the 8 ft privacy fence has been repaired and the broken items have been removed.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-P
When an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization. Medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days will be disposed of by the center by either dissolving the medication down the sink or flushing it down the toilet.

Child A had medication at the center, medication #1 expired April 2024 and medication #2 expired August 2024.
Plan of Correction: We will monitor the expiration date on the medication bottles more closely.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services