Inspection of 14 October 2024 — Inspection Report
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (3) The registered provider did not take appropriate measures as specified in paragraph (2) to ensure that all staff were suitable to work in an early years service prior to their commencement. The registered provider did not ensure that a Garda vetting disclosure was obtained for one adult prior to them commencing work in the service. The adult commenced working for the registered provider on 10 September 2024 and the Garda vetting disclosure was obtained on 12 September 2024
Provider's corrective action:
- Local Management will ensure that staff will not enter any of our premises prior to garda vetting being in place. Senior Management will ensure compliance with regulation 9 going forward
Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service
- (i) There was no staff roster available to demonstrate the adult: child ratio on a daily basis and to demonstrate there was sufficient cover for breaks, holidays and sick leave
Provider's corrective action:
- (1)(i) A staff roster was immediately completed and printed for display in the crèche, including staff holidays, sick leave and cover breaks. Local Management will ensure rosters are completed during the preceding week including all staff holidays, sick leave and break covers will be recorded. Senior Management will closely monitor the completion of rosters in a timely fashion
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- General Safety: 1. A written risk assessment had not been completed following a recent incident in the service. This was contrary to the service’s accident and incident policy. It is acknowledged the person in charge had a meeting with staff and was in the process of taking safety measures to mitigate the risk. 2. One of the accident and incident forms from a recent incident had not been signed by the child’s parents a week after the incident occurred. This posed a potential safety risk and was not in line with the accident and incident policy. Action submitted by the Registered Provider
Provider's corrective action:
- General Safety: 1. The risk assessment has since been completed, filed for reference, and reviewed with the staff to ensure adherence to safety measures. Any risks identified have been addressed. 2. The manager will ensure risk assessments are completed in a timely manner following any incident/accident and adhere to the guidelines. On the child’s first day back, the parent signed the accident report, and it is now filed for reference. Senior Management will ensure compliance going forward
Found compliant: Regulation 10, 11, 27, 31.