Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
General Safety: 1. Four trailing cables were observed in the big Montessori room posing a potential risk hazard and potential risk to children. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
General Safety: 1. The service has tapered the four flexes to the wall. The service has implemented the following preventative actions to prevent a reoccurrence. • Re training of the Risk assessments for all staff • New system of reporting hazards to registered provider • Health and safety training for staff updated to stress the importance of recognising and reporting hazards as part of our duty of care • Addressed in a managers meeting • New memo regarding daily risk assessments
Found compliant: Regulation 9, 10, 11, 16, 19, 27.
(1) From 11:50am-12:10pm in the wobbler sleep room one member of staff was caring for 10 children. The children were observed to be unsettled and required staff attention to sooth them to sleep. Due to the lack of staff children found it difficult to settle down to sleep. (2) The minimum ratio of adults to children for full day care services was not adhered to at all times during the inspection. The ratio in the wobbler sleep room from 11:50am-12:10pm was not maintained
Provider's corrective action:
The register provider has stated that all lunch breaks will be scheduled to ensure 2 staff members are present during the transition and settling to sleep time. A floating member of staff we be present to support staff in the room when necessary. The manager will also carry out spot checks at sleep time to ensure ratios are met
Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service
(1) (k) A sample of 21 accident and incident forms were reviewed from the wobbler and toddler rooms. 6 forms didn’t have a manager’s signature. This is required to ensure the correct procedures are followed by all staff and management
Provider's corrective action:
The registered provider has stated that all accident and incident records have now been signed by the manager, a memo has been sent to all staff reminding them of the importance of having all information filled out on accident and incident forms. Manger will carry out spot checks
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
General Safety: 1. In the big Montessori room, a low-level bookcase appeared to be missing some screws. The bookcase was leaning to one side and was unsteady. This posed a potential risk of harm to a child if it fell over. Infection Control: 2. In the nappy changing area, tubs of nappy rash cream without lids were stored in a communal basket. This poses a potential risk of cross contamination. This is at variance with the nappy changing policy which states that only children’s individually labelled cream should be used. 3. In the toddler room, when preparing for sleep time, children continuously walked across beds wearing shoes, this poses a potential of infection to children as shoes had food residue on the soles, were worn outside and into the sanitary area. Action submitted by the Registered Provider General Safety: The registered provider has stated: 1. The bookcase has been fixed; staff have been reminded of the procedures they should follow if they observe any broken toys or equipment. Supporting documentation submitted Supporting documentation was submitted and reviewed by the early years inspector. Infection Control: 2. All nappy rash creams will be labelled and stored with lids on. A memo has been sent to all staff reminding them of the importance of keeping the lids on tubs of cream. This step has also been included in the updated nappy changing procedure. 3. A new transition routine from the garden has been developed in the toddler room. A memo has been sent to all staff informing them of the new system. All staff have signed it. Supporting documentation submitted Supporting documentation was submitted and reviewed by the early years inspector. Summary Comment The regulatory requirement has been met. The corrective and preventive actions as stated by the provider will address the non-compliance. This regulation will be assessed on the next inspection
(d) Police vetting was not available as required for three adults who had resided outside the State for a period longer than six consecutive months. Our recruitment manager has been retrained in Regulation 9 and a new checklist has been created
Provider's corrective action:
Corrective & Preventive Action All staff police vetting has been received for any staff member residing out of the state or a period longer than six months. Our recruitment manager has been retrained in Regulation 9 and a new checklist has been created
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
General Safety: 1. The protective covering around a lamppost in the outdoor area to the side of the premises was torn and small pieces of the masking tape were on the ground and foam was exposed posing a potential choking hazard for the children. Administration of Medication: 2. In the Small Montessori room, the procedures described by adults when administering prescribed medication to children were contrary to the medication policy of the service. Adults reported giving medication to children without prior written consent which is contrary to the policy which states all prescribed medicine must be signed for by parents, staff will only administer with written and verbal consent. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
General Safety: 1. The non-compliance was immediately reported to our maintenance man and it was covered in a more suitable covering. All staff were informed in a memo about garden safety and retrained in risk assessments of the garden. The health and safety officers discussed the non-compliance in a H&S meeting and we updated the H&S officers checklist. Administration of Medication: 2. The administration of medicine policy was revised and all staff were re trained and signed off. The manager does more regular spot checks on practice i.e. that the practice equals what’s written in the Policy