Inspection of 11 February 2025 — Inspection Report
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (3) On review of documentation available for one adult present on the day of inspection it demonstrated that they had not been fully considered prior to commencement within the service, for example, one garda vetting disclosure was not in place prior to the start date of the adult
Provider's corrective action:
- (3) Appleseeds management have reviewed the ‘Recruitment of Staff & Vetting Policy’ to ensure this does not happen again. The policy reads: Vetting procedures must be carried out prior to any person being appointed or assigned or being allowed access to a child in an early childhood service. Under induction of new staff, a point was added to the policy reading - New management staff will be trained on recruitment of staff and vetting policies & procedures
Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service
- (1)(i) No staff roster was available for the inspector on the day of inspection, leading to a risk of safety
Provider's corrective action:
- (1)(i) A staff rota has now been made which will be available on the staff notice board
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. In the Den and Treehouse rooms there were no visibility strips present on low level windows, leading to a risk of injury. 2. In the Treehouse room, a press was observed to be unlocked with salt and oil accessible on low shelves to the children, this can lead to a risk of safety and injury. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
- General Safety: 1. Appleseeds preschool room ‘The treetop’ is on the first floor. There are large windows floor to ceiling which the service usually decorate with the children’s art and decorated waving window. On the day of inspection, no art was displayed. The service will continue to display children’s art and have added visibility stickers that will always stay on the windows. The window in the downstairs room called ‘The den’ has a deep windowsill at approximately 1.5 ft. which the children use to sit on. The service has added visibility stickers to this window. Visibility stickers will remain on the glass windows 2. There is a lock on low press but as there was no cleaning products stored in press only ingredients for making play dough (cooking oil & salt) staff did not think it necessary to lock it. Low level press is now locked and all staff have been informed of new procedure to lock it after use
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 15, 21, 25, 26.