Inspection of 3 December 2024 — Inspection Report
Immediate action notice. An immediate action notice was issued to the registered provider on the 04/12/2024 by e mail in relation to a staff member not being available in the service with either first aid responder training or paediatric first aid training. A response was received from the service on the 05/12/2024 which outlined the steps taken by the service to address the immediate action notice, this has been accepted.
Immediate action notice. decisions about compliance with regulatory requirements. Where the registered provider fails to meet the statutory requirements an escalation process may be commenced.
Immediate action notice. Non-Compliance Information (1) The registered provider failed to notify the Early Years Inspectorate of a change in circumstances in relation to the following as per the schedule 4 Form for Notification of Change in Circumstances: • The name of the designated person in charge of this service did not correlate to the name detailed on the National Register.
Regulation 9 — Management and recruitment
- (4) Documentary evidence was not available to demonstrate that 1 staff member who worked directly with the children in the preschool service held a major award in Early Childhood Care and Education at Level 5 on the National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) or a qualification deemed by the Minister to be equivalent
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action (4) Staff member has 3 modules of level 5 completed and will continue the rest in the new year. Preventive Action (4) This staff member worked in the playschool for years previously and stood in when Registered Provider was left with no staff with no notice given. The staff member is no longer employed in the playschool. Summary Comment The evidence submitted by the registered provider in relation to regulation 9 – Management and recruitment has been reviewed and accepted
Regulation 15 — Record of pre-school child
- (1)(I) The ten records reviewed demonstrated that written parental consent for appropriate medical treatment of the child in the event of an emergency had not been obtained from any of the parent/guardians of the children attending the service
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action (1) (l) Registered Provider has gotten written consent from the parents to administer appropriate medical treatment in the event of an emergency. Preventive Action (1) (l) This consent form is in with all the forms for new children returning/ starting
Regulation 23 — Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child
- Infection Control: 1. The children were not facilitated in washing their hands before they ate their morning snack. 2. The children’s packed lunches, supplied from home, were not refrigerated on arrival to the service which increased the risk of bacteria growth in perishable food. Fire Safety: 3. There was no fire drill records available in the service
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action Infection Control: 1. The children normally wash their hands before lunch the fact that they didn’t was just on the day been nervous with the inspector there it slipped manager’s mind. 2. The children’s lunches normally go into the fridge all yogurts, sandwiches and any dairy products again it was just on the day it slipped manager’s mind. Fire Safety: 3. Manager has discussed the fire drill with the children however it was done on since. Preventive Action Infection Control: 1. The children will be facilitated to wash their hands at all key times. 2. The perishable items in the children’s lunch boxes will be placed in the fridge on the children’s arrival to the service. Fire Safety: 3. Manager will be sure to do a fire drill every month with the children as they have always done previously. Summary Comment The evidence submitted by the registered provider in relation to regulation 23 - Safeguarding health, safety and welfare of child has been reviewed and accepted
Regulation 25 — First aid
- (1) There was no staff member available in the service with in-date first aid response (FAR) training or paediatric first aid training. (2)(a) &(b)The first aid kit did not contain any wound dressings or eye patches
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action (1) Registered Provider has since done the First Aid Response course. (2) (a) & (b) The first aid box has since been updated. Preventive Action (1) Certificate will be renewed every 2 years. (2) (a) &(b) will check this more often and have a register on display to remind me
Regulation 26 — Fire safety measures
- (1)(a) A record was not maintained of all fire drills which had been completed in the service. (b)The maintenance records reviewed indicated that both the fire extinguishers and smoke alarms were last serviced on the 15/11/2023 which is not in keeping with the annual servicing recommendations
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action (1)(a) registered will keep a record of fire drills on display and done every month. (b) register provider has arrange for the fire extinguisher and fire alarm to be serviced in January and she will send on copy of certificate. Preventive Action (1)(a) Registered Provider will keep the register on display where it can be seen. (b) Registered provider will ask the company to put her in for a yearly check on the fire extinguisher/fire alarm
Regulation not named in the report text
- (1) The registered provider failed to notify the Early Years Inspectorate of a change in circumstances in relation to the following as per the schedule 4 Form for Notification of Change in Circumstances: • The name of the designated person in charge of this service did not correlate to the name detailed on the National Register
Provider's corrective action:
- Corrective Action (1) Registered Provider has notified the early years inspectorate of the change of circumstance. Preventive Action (1) Registered Provider has taken note that they must notify of any changes so this won’t happen again
Found compliant: Regulation 11, 19.