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Aldersgate United Methodist Church

Inspection · 2024-11-12

Date
2024-11-12
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Michelle Argenbright
(540) 848-4123
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

22.1 Religious Exempt; Background Checks Code; Carbon Monoxide
32.1 Report by person other than physician
54.1 Must be MAT Certified.
63.2 Child abuse and neglect
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above. 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, on-site code compliance inspection was initiated on 11/12/2024 and completed on 11/12/2024. The on-site inspection began at 10:20 AM and ended at 11:05 AM. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were three children present with two staff. The inspector reviewed four children?s records and two staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations. Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance(s) with applicable code sections, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Violations

6
Standard 22.1-289.031-A-4
The center is to ensure each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his/her supervision.
Staff #1 supervised children for five months before obtaining a staff health report.
Staff #2 supervised children for one month before obtaining a staff health report.
Plan of Correction: In the future no new staff will begin working with children until staff health reports are received.
Standard 22.1-289.031-B-3
The center is to establish and implement a procedure in which a daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings.
The center has two staff and neither have been trained in daily simple health screening and have no procedure. There has been no trained staff for two months.
Plan of Correction: A procedure will be established for daily health screening and staff will be trained.
Standard 22.1-289.031-B-6
The center is to establish and implement a procedure to ensure that all staff are able to recognize the signs of child abuse and neglect.
Staff #2 has worked at the center for ten weeks and has not completed training in recognizing the signs of child abuse and neglect.
Plan of Correction: Staff #2 will be required to obtain training in recognizing child abuse and neglect. In the future no new staff will be allowed to work with children until the training is completed.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee's first day of employment.
Staff #1, who was hired five months ago and began working with children two months ago, has not completed a sworn statement.
Staff #2, who began working with children two months ago, has not completed a sworn statement.
Plan of Correction: The sworn statements will be completed by both staff. I the future all new staff will be required to complete a sworn statement upon hire.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-2
Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment.
Staff #1, who has been employed for five months and has been working with children without a staff member present with background checks for two months, did not have a completed national criminal background check.
Staff #2, who has been working with children without a staff member present with background checks for two months, did not have a completed national criminal background check.
Plan of Correction: Fingerprint appointments will be scheduled as soon as possible. In the future all new staff will be scheduled for fingerprints upon hire and will not start working until the results are received.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-3
The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment.
Staff #1, who has been employed for five months and has been working with children without a staff member present with background checks for two months, did not have a completed central registry check.
Staff #2, who has been working with children without a staff member present with background checks for two months, did not have a completed central registry check.
Plan of Correction: The central registry background checks for both staff will be processed immediately. In the future all new staff's central registry paperwork will be completed upon hire and staff will always be with a staff member whom has completed background checks until the results are received.
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