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Home › NJ › Hamilton › The Children's Garden Day School
893 Edinburg Road, Hamilton NJ 08690 · License #120700036 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure that medication is in it's original box for the named child in classroom 1.
Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four six toddlers in classroom 1.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Based on information, retrain all staff from an outside source on positive guidance and discipline.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Based on information, ensure that safe conditions are maintained at all times throughout the center as required, including ensuring that staff are not under the influence of substances.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required including after cleaning a child's nose in classroom 2B.
Based on information, provide the 2 incident reports as required.
Ensure that at least two staff members who have current pediatric first aid and CPR certifications are present at the center at all times and that the training includes a hands-on component in addition to any online training.
Ensure the center maintains on file, a record of each fire drill which includes all required components such as the lockdown drill as required.
Ensure fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center, one fire drill per year is conducted during nap time, if applicable, and all children are evacuated from the building within three minutes during each fire drill.
Ensure shelving is not overloaded in classroom 1.
Repair and/or paint surfaces including the sink in classroom 4 bathroom.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition as required in classroom 3.
Develop and follow a feeding plan for each child under 18 months of age and ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan maintained on file in classroom 2B.
Ensure cots are stored so that there is no contact with the sleeping surface of another mat, or disinfect after each use as required in classroom 1.
Repair and/or replace sleeping equipment that is in disrepair in classroom 2B.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and 4 regularly scheduled staff as required.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Based on information, ensure that staff utilize positive methods of guidance and discipline. A named staff physically placed a named child into a chair in the office and witness indicated that the named child was slammed in the chair.
Ensure that at least 2 staff are on-site to administer life saving medication.
Ensure that physicals and Mantoux are completed for 7 staff.
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.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Dust vent in room 1 bathroom.
Cover light fixture in room 2.
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.
Ensure that physicals and Mantoux are completed for 7 staff.
Based on complaint 22795 and 22802, ensure that the expulsion policy includes sufficient time limits before expulsion to enable parents to make alternative child care arrangements.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Ensure that all illuminated exit signs and emergency lighting are operable at all times throughout the center.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that the director meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.
Dust bathroom vents in room 3.
Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's policy on the release of children and 2. The center's policies and procedures for managing confidential information.
Based on information, ensure that staff adhere to the center's policy on the release of children. Two named staff failed to check the approved pickup list or check the identification of an unknown individual picking up a named child. The two named staff allowed the wrong child to be released and the child left with the unknown individual.
Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.
Provide and maintain the resilient surfacing and use zones under all play equipment as required.
Ensure that planter is removed from behind egress door in room 1.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Per the Updated COVID-19 Standards Child Care Centers, issued 5.26.2021 discontinue use of water tables.
Obtain updated fire safety inspection certificate.
Replenish mulch under the slides.
N/A 6/30/20; Not applicable due to COVID-19. The center shall conduct two lockdown drills per year.
Ensure that 1 child is provided with Benadryl as required from special care plan.
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 that children wash their hands before the intake of food in room1.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Cover bolt on toilet in room 3.
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 that garbage receptacles are maintained as required, including being covered securely in room 3.
Remove any excess storage and/or combustibles from the furnace room.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Based on information, ensure that center management dos not share a family's confidential information with other families.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water immediately after having diapers changed in room 2a.