# Cocoon Childcare- Celbridge, Celbridge — inspection reports and findings > Cocoon Childcare- Celbridge (Celbridge, Co. Kildare): what Tusla inspections found — 3 published inspection(s), non-compliances and the provider's corrective actions. ## Cocoon Childcare- Celbridge Sessional · 1 - 6 Years · Celbridge, Kildare · Tusla ID **TU2015KE132** · Registered since 1 January 2026 An inspection records what inspectors saw **on one day**; services respond with corrective actions — [how to read this](/methodology.md). #### Inspection of 12 May 2026 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment - The registered provider did not demonstrate that they had taken all reasonable measures to ensure that all employees were provided with sufficient information and training to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of children attending the service and to comply with the regulations as follows. - There were no records available in the service to evidence that two staff members had read, understood, and would adhere to the policies and procedures in place. This non-compliance was found on the last inspection on 20 August 2025. The corrective and preventive actions as stated by the registered provider did not prevent recurrence of this non-compliance - Staff inductions are completed throughout the first week of a new team members employment. Two of the new team members inductions were completed on their first day of employment which includes training on all policies and procedures throughout the process. Once completed, the staff member and Manager both sign off on the centre induction form to document the completion and adherence to all company policies and procedures. Each staff member also has an individualised training record, and this was completed for both employees to indicate that they had been trained on all centre policies and procedures on their commencement of employment. We have reviewed all induction forms for new team members to ensure that there is no oversight on the requirements of the induction. The Centre Manager will ensure that all of the staff induction documents are signed to support evidence that training is completed ##### Regulation 11 — Staffing levels - An adequate number of adults were not working directly with the children attending the service during the inspection in the Wobbler 3, Junior Preschool and Preschool 3 rooms as outlined below - The registered provider did not ensure that the minimum required ratio of adults to children was maintained at all times as follows. - In the Preschool 3 room from 11:30 to 12:30, there were 2 adults allocated to care for 18 children attending on a full day care basis aged 3 to 5 years. The minimum adult to child ratio for children in this age range is 1:8. Three adults were required at this time. - In the Junior Preschool room from 11.30 to 12.00, there were 2 adults allocated to care for 20 children attending on a full day care basis, 8 aged 2 years and 12 aged 3 years. The minimum adult to child ratio for children aged 2 years is 1:6 and the minimum adult to child ratio for children aged 3 years is 1:8. Three adults were required at this time. - In the Junior Preschool room from 12:00 to 12:46 there were 2 adults allocated to care for 16 children, 4 aged 2 years and 12 aged 3 years attending on a full day care basis. The minimum adult to child ratio for children aged 2 years is 1:6 and the minimum adult to child ratio for children aged 3 years is 1:8. Three adults were required at this time. Staff members and managers stated that they operate a 1:11 ratio for children attending on a full day care basis from 09:30 to 12:30. - In the Wobbler 3 room at 12:41 when children were sleeping, there was one adult allocated to care for 8 children, 2 aged 1 year and 6 aged 2 years. There was no one available to support this adult if they required assistance. They stated that they can call the managers if assistance is required. However, both managers were required in care rooms to maintain ratios and were working directly with children at this time - (1)(2) An adequate number of adults were available on the day to meet the adult to child ratios in all care rooms, however, as children were settling in the centre that morning, the management team were required to offer additional support in the junior rooms, and this delayed the lunch cover schedule. There was also a team member on long term sick leave who has since returned and is available daily for staff break and lunch support from 9:30am - 2:30pm. Since the inspection took place, the Garda vetting has returned for a third part time member covering from 9am - 2pm daily. In the Preschool 3 room and Junior Preschool Room the children are availing of the ECCE programme which operates an adult to child ratio of 1:11 between the hours of 9:30am - 12:30pm which was in place on the day and facilitated the adult to child ratios being met. The Inspector informed the centre manager on the day of the inspection that whilst children in the service are availing of the ECCE scheme the service cannot avail of sessional adult to child ratio as the children remain in the centre beyond 12:30p.m. The centre has since recruited an additional part time staff member and will consider offering ecce places in the new term. An additional part time break/lunch support team member was recruited for the service but her start date was significantly delayed due to delays in processing garda vetting. This staff member has now commenced employment. A current employee has also returned from long term sick leave as staff break/lunch support ##### Regulation 19 — Health, welfare and development of child - The registered provider did not ensure that appropriate and suitable care practices were in place for all children in the service as follows. 1. Provision for children’s sleep requirements were inadequate to meet the needs of all children in the Wobbler 1 room and were contrary to the service policy on safe sleep. Three children, aged one year, were observed displaying signs of tiredness from 10:47, 10:49 and 11:05 respectively. The children were observed crying intermittently and then sitting on a staff member’s lap quietly. Staff acknowledged that one of these children was tired but stated that they were waiting for a staff member to complete nappy changes before they could bring the child to bed. One child was brought to the cot room at 11:15, while the two other children were observed to fall asleep on a staff member’s lap at 11:20. Children were not provided with the opportunity to sleep when they displayed signs of tiredness. The sleep practices observed during the inspection do not meet the basic care needs of all children and are not in line with suitable child centred care practices. 2. During the inspection, some children in the Wobbler 1 and Wobbler 2 rooms were observed to have a soother in their mouth in the care rooms. During these times children were engaged in play in the care rooms and were sitting at the table at dinnertime. This is at variance with the service’s policy on soother use which states that soother use is limited to sleep unless the child is upset. The children were not observed to be upset. Overuse of soothers may inhibit language and oral motor development and prevent children from interacting with their peers and is not in line with suitable child centred care practices - 1. On the day of inspection, the Wobbler 1 room had some new children that were settling into the centre. Many of which co- sleep with parents at home and struggle with being placed to sleep in a cot as they seek the comfort of falling asleep in the staffs’ arms. The wobbler team staff have been working on supporting the children in integrating them into the cot room and learning their cues of tiredness and responding quickly. The staff have been supported by their operations manager and centre management team to establish an effective sleep routine and promote best practice with each child’s individual care plans. Staff members are also aware to call for additional support where required to facilitate cover when assisting a child to sleep. This allows the carer to follow the needs of the child and support sleep when required. The service management team will continue to actively monitor the sleep routine of the children and ensure that all sleep needs are being met daily to facilitate needs led sleep. 2. Team members were re-trained on the service soother policy and soother usage. Team members will be proactive in reducing the usage of soothers throughout the day and only offer to children when necessary. The service management team held a team meeting in response to the inspection which included re- training on soother usage. This will be actively monitored by the centre management team. A second Assistant Manager has been implemented to support staff mentoring and development ##### Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child - General Safety: 1. In the Toddler room, the corner or a rug was observed to be curled up posing a tripping risk. It is acknowledged that the registered provider rotated the rug to remove the risk of a child tripping. Infection Control: 2. Some handwashing practices observed were inconsistent and at variance with the policy in place in the service posing a risk of the transmission of infection. In the Wobbler 1 room, staff were observed cleaning children’s noses but did not wash their hands afterwards. 3. The laminate layer on the side of the wooden nappy changing unit in use by the Wobbler 2 room had worn away. This surface could not be cleaned effectively and could harbour bacteria. Safe Sleep: 4. Procedures and practices in place in relation to safe sleep for children in the Wobbler 1 and Wobbler 3 rooms were inadequate and contrary to the service’s policy on safe sleep posing a potential risk to the health and safety of children as follows. a. In the Wobbler 1 cot room, sleep checks were not carried out and recorded every 10 minutes. There was no sleep check carried out and recorded on 3 children aged 1 year for a period of 34 minutes, 26 minutes and 24 minutes respectively. b. Sleep checks for children sleeping in the Wobbler 1 cot room during this period were recorded at 10-minute intervals retrospectively. c. In the Wobbler 3 room at 12:44, 6 children aged 1 to 2 years were sleeping. Sleep checks were not carried out and recorded every 10 minutes for the sleeping children. A sleep check had been recorded at 12:25 for 2 children and there were no sleep checks recorded for the other 4 children. Fire Safety: 5. Monthly fire drills were not completed. The last recorded fire drill was on 20 March 2026. Failure to carry out monthly fire drills may impede the save evacuation of children and staff in the event of a fire on the premises. Action submitted by the Registered Provider - General Safety: 1. The rug was rotated on the day to remove any immediate risk, and the team were refreshed on the service risk assessment form and identifying risks. The rug has since been replaced. The centre management team and centre team will actively monitor and complete daily risk assessments to ensure that any risks identified are corrected immediately or removed where required. Infection Control: 2. The team were re-trained on the service’s handwashing policy, and this is being actively monitored by the centre management team. Handwashing will be actively monitored throughout the centre-by-centre management team. 3. The laminate layer on the side of the wooden nappy changing unit was removed and replaced with a new safety barrier to ensure effective cleaning can take place. The centre management team will continue to review changing areas regularly and ensure maintained for cleaning. Safe Sleep: 4. (a-c) The team were re-trained in the service safe sleep policy, and a team meeting was held by the centre manager and operations manager to follow on training for sleep checks and demonstrations completed of how to complete a sleep check and the frequency of how they should be completed. The operations manager will continue to support the centre manager in observing sleep practice and providing hands on, on-site training to ensure safe sleep policy and sleep checks are completed at 10-minute intervals and recorded at the same time. The centre management team will actively monitor sleep in all care rooms facilitating sleep and ensure all sleep checks are carried out and records are maintained. Fire Safety: 5. The service has held a fire drill since the inspection took place and has a schedule set in place to ensure these are completed monthly Found compliant: Regulation 16, 25, 26. #### Inspection of 20 August 2025 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) ##### Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment - The registered provider did not demonstrate that they had taken all reasonable measures to ensure that all employees were appropriately supervised and provided with sufficient information and training to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of children attending the service and to comply with the regulations as follows; - There were no records of induction training available for 4 new staff members who had commenced employment in the service and were working directly with the children. The records available for one other staff member were incomplete. - There were no records available in the service to evidence that each staff member had read, understood, and would adhere to the policies and procedures in place. Some staff stated they were asked to read the service policies and procedures by the person in charge when they commenced employment. Staff members stated they were not asked to confirm they had read and understood the policies and procedures. This is at variance with the staff training policy in place which stated every staff member will receive induction training either prior to commencing employment or on the day they commence employment, which will be recorded. - Through a review of records and discussions with staff and the person in charge, it was evident that staff had not received regular support and supervision. Of the 19 staff who work directly with the children daily in the service, there were records of formal supervision meetings available for 2 staff, and records of an appraisal meeting occurring for 4 staff. This was at variance with the service’s staff supervision policy which stated that all staff members must have an appraisal meeting after three months and yearly thereafter, and that regular supervision meetings will occur, both of which are recorded on designated templates and stored in personnel files - The registered provider submitted the following response: Corrective and Preventive Action - All staff inductions have taken place and there is a planned full day induction for all new staff members on Saturday 13th September which will be facilitated by the centre management teams and operations department. Staff Interactions Tracker has been implemented to document and schedule all staff interaction meetings. - Staff training cards were updated and implemented for all new team members to document training evidenced in service policies and procedures. Centre management team will continue to implement and document any policy changes and update team member training cards as required. A staff meeting was held by the centre manager on Tuesday 9th September to retrain with the team in the service high 5’s and service policies. The centre manager has updated the team members training cards to reflect this training. - Staff support and supervision meetings and probation meetings have taken place with the centre manager and team members. - The service staff induction policy has been updated to include that all staff members will receive their induction within the first week of commencement of employment. Full day inductions will also take place during the busier periods such as September and January and will be facilitated by centre management teams and Operations Department. - The centre management team will ensure to continuously update team members training cards with any further training held or policy changes to reflect that staff have signed that they have been trained in a specific area or on a new or current service policy. - A staff interactions tracker has been implemented, and the centre manager has planned all upcoming support and supervisions. This will be actively updated by the centre management team, and they will continue to use this to keep track of all meetings held and upcoming Found compliant: Regulation 10, 11, 16, 19, 32. #### Inspection of 15 November 2023 — Inspection Report Full report (PDF, Tusla) No non-compliance recorded in this report. 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