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320 Beverly Rancocas Road 2K, Willingboro NJ 08046 · License #160800152 · Center · Child Care Center
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Post the center's discipline policy.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
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Ensure health records are maintained on file as required including universal health records.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Maintain on file a record of parental receipt of the center's social media policy.
Ensure that all illuminated exit signs and emergency lighting are operable at all times throughout the center in the bathrooms.
Remove electric space heaters.
Ensure that all toxic substances are inaccessible to the children.
Clean refrigerator and freezer.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility, and job descriptions.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including
Provide documentation that the program supervisor meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff for the center's license renewal.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Maintain an illness log on file at the center that includes: the child's name; symptoms of illness; actions taken by the center; and dates of exclusion and return.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required including before the intake of food.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two.
Ensure tables are washed and disinfected before each meal.
Ensure accident reports are completed.
Ensure that children are directly supervised at all times including children were left unsupervised in rooms 1 and 2.
Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Develop a written policy for the use of television, computers and other technology.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Ensure the center's emergency plan includes diagram which shows how the center is to be evacuated during emergencies from each classroom and the outdoor play area.
Ensure that the director designee takes understanding licensing
Complete and maintain on file, a current Children's Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that a Universal Health Record is completed annually for 2 named children. 2/8/2023: 1 received, 1 outstanding.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a children's records checklist, including the child's name, address, birth date and date of enrollment.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training which may be included for six of the required annual training hours.
Complete the CHRI checks for 4 named staff.
Ensure that 2 named staff has a CHRI clearance on file prior to being left alone with a group of children.
Ensure that 1 named staff has a CARI clearance on file prior to being left alone with a group of children.
Ensure that 2 staff CPR/First Aid certified are present at all times. Provide documentation for all applicable staff.
Develop and implement a method of tracking the number of children receiving care. A named staff reported 8 children under the age of 18 months, 7 were present.
Maintain the required staff/child ratios at all times. In room 1, there were 7 children under the age of 18 months and 1 staff. One additional staff member was needed to meet the minimum required staff/child ratio.
Complete the required renewal CARI checks for all staff.
Provide and document the required annual staff orientation training for 4 named staff. 7/10/2019: 1 staff no longer employed, 3 outstanding, 2 new staff.
Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Ensure that 1 named staff has a completed CHRI background check prior to being left alone with a group of children.
Ensure that children are evacuated from the center within three minutes during each fire drill.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal.
Ensure that the center uses a commercial disinfectant in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
Ensure that 2 named staff complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. 2/8/2023: 1 received, 1 outstanding.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Maintain all bathroom mechanical ventilation in a clean manner.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Complete the CARI check for 1 named staff.
Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.
Remove debris from the outdoor play area.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables and highchairs used by the children for eating before each meal.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects toys mouthed by infants and toddlers before being given to another child.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that the center operates within its licensed capacity at all times. There were 23 children present with a license capacity of 20.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Submit the required Staff Records Checklist.
Submit a current fire certificate.
Provide current documentation of the required general liability insurance coverage.
Based on information, ensure that staff under 18 years of age are not left alone to supervise a group of children and are directly supervised by a staff member over 18 years of age. A 16 year old staff was responsible for supervising a group of children on the playground and was not directly supervised by a staff over the age of 18.
Based on information, retrain all staff from an outside source on 1. Adequate supervision on the playground and 2. Ensuring that staff under 18 years of age are directly supervised by a staff over 18 years of age.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including on the playground. A named staff failed to adequately supervise 4 named children while on the playground and the named children strayed onto an adjacent property and climbed onto an abandoned structure. The children were found by a passerby and returned to the center.
Complete the CHRI clearance for 2 named staff. 8/3/2021: 1 staff no longer employed, 1 outstanding clearance needed.
Complete the CARI clearance for 1 named staff.
Submit the required Renewal application.
Complete the CHRI check for 1 named staff.
Provide and post the required radon test results.
Repair and repaint the exposed drywall areas on the blue wall in the entryway.
Ensure that the outdoor play area is free of debris at all times.
Provide the required Life Hazard Use Certificate.
Ensure that the children do not exceed 30 minutes when utilizing infant equipment in room 1.
Conduct and document lockdown drills.
Ensure that the infant bottles are dated.
Provide the Universal Health Forms for all children.
Notify parents immediately of head/facial injuries that occur at the center.
Wash and disinfect the high chair trays prior to meals in room 1.
Complete the CARI check for 1 new hired staff.
Ensure that milk bottles are properly stored in the refrigerated or discarded.
Directly supervise the children at all times. In room 1 a named left 6 children unsupervised to take a group of children to the bathroom. 2/24/2020: A named staff left 4 children unsupervised to answer the front door.
Based on information, retrain all staff on the center's supervision policy.
Ensure that the garbage receptacle lids on the outdoor play area are secure at all times.
Ensure that the CARI clearance for 1 named staff is complete prior to being left alone with a group of children.
Remove pacifiers when children are walking or crawling.
Provide the Department of Health Safe Building Interior Certificate.
Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center, including on trips away from the center. A named school age child ran away from the park and was found later by the police. A named staff attempted to follow the child, however, the staff was unable to keep up with the child. The center immediately notified the named parent and then notified the police regarding the incident.
Ensure that fire drills are conducted once a month.
Complete and provide the water test results and forms required by the OOL.
Remove the debris throughout the outdoor play area.
Ensure that staff personal vehicles are not used for field trips.
Develop an implement a method of tracking the children receiving care, where in a named staff was unaware of how many children were in the infant group and needed to count.
Complete the CHRI check for 1 named staff. 7/10/2019: 1 outstanding, 1 new staff.
Ensure all the staff throughout the center have orientation training prior to being left alone with a group of children.
Complete the CARI check for 2 named staff.