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Wild Fern Montessori School

Inspection · 2021-10-25

Date
2021-10-25
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Jaime Harris
(804) 807-3278
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

22VAC40-185 ADMINISTRATION.
22VAC40-185 STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING.
22VAC40-185 PHYSICAL PLANT.
22VAC40-185 STAFFING AND SUPERVISION.
22VAC40-185 PROGRAMS.
22VAC40-185 SPECIAL CARE PROVISIONS AND EMERGENCIES.
22VAC40-185 SPECIAL SERVICES.
22VAC40-80 THE LICENSE.
22VAC40-80 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
22VAC40-191 Background Checks (22VAC40-191)
20 Access to minor?s records
32.1 Report by person other than physician
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
63.2(17) License & Registration Procedures
63.2 Facilities & Programs.

Inspector Notes

This inspection was conducted by licensing staff using an alternate remote protocol, including telephone contacts, documents review, and a virtual tour of the program

A monitoring inspection was initiated and concluded on 10/25/2021. The director was contacted by telephone and a virtual inspection was conducted. There were 28 children present, ranging in ages from 20 months to 5 years, with 6 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies, nutrition and background checks. A total of 3 child records and 3 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.

Please complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days from today. Please specify how the deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Your plan of correction should contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventative measures. Please do not use staff names; list staff by positions only.

Violations

1
Standard 63.2(17)-1720.1-B-4
Based on record review and interview, the center did not ensure to obtain the results of a sex offender registry check and the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry within the required time frame from any state in which the individual had resided in the preceding five years for one staff member.

Evidence:
1. The record of staff #1 (DOH: 1/30/2021) contained a sworn statement that indicated that the staff member had resided outside of the state of Virginia within the past 5 years.
The record did not contain the results of an out of state sex offender registry check prior to hire as required and the results of an out of state child abuse and neglect search within 30 days.
2. Administration acknowledged that the background checks had not been initiated.
Plan of Correction: Background and sex offender check have been initiated. Future employees will be checked prior to DOH. This had been added to the hire checklist by head of school.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services