Regulation 16 in Westmeath
Record in Relation to Pre-School Service: 3 non-compliance(s) in the latest reports we read.
An inspection records what inspectors saw on one day; services respond with corrective actions — how to read this.
20 May 2025
Dunaree Childcare & Pre-school LTD, Tyrellspass · Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service
- (1)(i) There was no staff roster available. Staff sign in sheets were used
Provider's corrective action:
- (1)(i) A staff roster is now available
16 April 2025
Ballymore Community Childcare Facility, Mullingar · Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service
- (i) The staff roster presented was dated 10 January 2025. The designated person in charge stated it was a roll over roster. The staff roster did not detail the following. • The rostered hours of the designated person in charge. • Reference to the designated person and deputy designated person in charge. • The allocated rooms the staff members worked in. • The relief cover available for lunch breaks. • Full names of the staff members. A daily roster is required to be available in the service for review with details of all staff employed in the service in all capacities with their relevant hours including designated persons in charge, deputy persons in charge, childcare practitioners, administrators, cooks and cleaners and relief cover for breaks
Provider's corrective action:
- Three typed rosters have been prepared containing the specific information, which are now displayed in the front office. They are also emailed to all staff via their personal email address. The typed templates are kept in word format so they can be amended on a weekly basis
31 March 2025
Dunaree Childcare & Pre-school LTD, Rochfortbridge · Regulation 16 — Record in relation to pre-school service
- (j) While it is acknowledged that there was a system of recording medication administered to a child attending the service, it was not adequate for the following reasons: • In a sample of ten administration of medication records reviewed, four records did not have a staff member witness signature recorded. • One record did not have a parental signature recorded on the authorisation of medication form. • One record did not have the date that a parent signed the authorisation of medication form
Provider's corrective action:
- (1)(j) The staff members have been advised to comprehensively complete medication records. One staff member has been assigned to review the medication records once per week to ensure compliance with this action