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Westgate Child Center

Inspection · 2024-10-16

Date
2024-10-16
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Lauren Captain
(571) 835-0599
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.
20 Access to minor?s records
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
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

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, on-site monitoring inspection was completed on 10/16/2024. The on-site inspection began at 10:05 am and ended at 12:10 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 69 children present and 13 staff. The inspector reviewed 6 children?s records and 6 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, a 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 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 10/23/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
Standard 22.1-289.035-A
The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.

The most recent central registry check for staff #1 was overdue by 15 days.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-240-I
Documentation of orientation training shall be kept by the center in a manner that allows for identification by individual staff members and is considered part of the staff member's record.

Staff #1, who has been actively working at the center for the past 5 years, did not have documentation of orientation training.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Areas inside of the center were not maintained in a safe condition.

Plastic bags were kept in the sunshine classroom bathroom in a blue caddy accessible to children posing a suffocation hazard.

Plastic bags were kept in the rainbow classroom in a drawer next to the sink accessible to children posing a suffocation hazard.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services