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Home › NJ › Deptford › Our First Impressions Child Care and Learning Center, Inc.
1450 Clements Bridge Road, Suite 21, Deptford NJ 08096 · License #08OUR0001 · Center · Child Care Center
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Ensure 1 inhaler is kept in it's original box with the prescription on it.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.
Ensure that all cleaners in room 2 are inaccessible to the children.
Ensure the rear exit door and frame is rust free.
Repair the wooden Slats that are coming off the fence in the outdoor play area.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times in room 3, including when staff need to heat up food.
Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training annually.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two.
Ensure that all staff are tracking children and aware of the ages of children in their care at all times.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, as one staff was providing care for 3 children under 18 months and 2 children over 18 months and a second staff member was required.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal.
Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually.
Maintain all mechanical ventilation in a clean and operating condition.
Ensure that all staff who have not completed the required orientation training are directly supervised by another staff member.
Ensure that all credentialed staff complete 20 hours of staff development annually.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Ensure that all exits remain unobstructed at all times. A trashcan was blocking the rear exit to the center.
Ensure that the infants in room 3 are assigned a primary caregiver.
Test for radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by the children.
Provide a lid for the waste receptacle in room 3.
Ensure that the center has a table of organization that illustrates lines of authority, responsibility and communication.
Ensure that safety straps are used on individual high chairs.
Ensure that the microwave is clean at all times.
Replace rusted flexible plumbing located under the toilets.
Ensure that chain link fence is free of rust.
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 classrooms that care for children under 18 months of age provide at least four different activity areas and that each area contains at least four types of supplies and equipment.
Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure that pacifiers are removed when children are crawling or walking in room 2.
Ensure that each child's playpen is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure that children wash their hands immediately after using the toilet or having their diaper changed.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water after each individual diaper change.
Ensure that the center provides opportunities for the parents to participate in the center's activities and operations, including having an annual open house. The center shall maintain on file record of the open house.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects diapering surfaces after each use.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Cease the use of soft bedding when occupied by a sleeping child.
Ensure that food provided by the center is stored, prepared and served in a sanitary manner. Fully prepared bottles from home in the infant room were stored in a basket and not refrigerated until use as required.
Retrain all staff, including the named director, on the center's policies and procedures for the infant room to include safe sleep practice, sanitary storage of food and beverage, and two-step cleaning and disinfecting.
Ensure that the center develops and implements job descriptions, titles and qualifications for all center staff.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal.
Ensure that all meals served from home are provided to the children as a whole, including beverage and allowed to be consumed at the child's discretion.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal application and Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Ensure that diapering surfaces are in good repair.
Ensure that classrooms that care for children over 18 months of age provide at least five different activity areas and that each area contains at least five different types of supplies and equipment.
Ensure that food provided by the center is stored, prepared and served in a sanitary manner, as a named child's bottle was rinsed and refilled when the item needed to be cleaned, rinsed and disinfected as per health department requirements.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Ensure that each child under 12 months of age has a written feeding plan.
Ensure that all staff and the sponsor representative, have completed CHRI clearances dated on or after 1/1/2021.
Ensure that the center provides parent/staff conferences semi-annually and upon request. The center shall maintain record of conferences.
Ensure that the center has an adequate supply of step stools and used instead of chairs.
Ensure that all radiators, steam and hot water pipes have protective covers and are maintained in good condition.
Ensure that the information on the Staff Records Checklist is current and that it is maintained on file at the center, including the staff's CARI and CHRI background checks.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CHRI background check are directly supervised by another staff member.
Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that the center conducts fire drills at least once per month during each session provided at the center, including one fire drill annually that is conducted during nap time.
Ensure that the black half doors are secure and do not pose a pinching hazard.
Ensure that toilets are maintained in operating and sanitary condition.
Ensure that the head teacher is present at the center for at least 75% of the center's daily operating hours or at least six hours a day, whichever is less.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually and that documentation or a copy of all materials used are maintained on file at the center.
Ensure that staff wash their hands immediately before preparing or serving food.
Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named staff was observed on her cell phone in a corner of the room.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. Room 2 had 14 children under 3 with 1 staff and room 3 had 3 children under 12 months and 6 children 18-24 months with 1 staff.
Cease swaddling infants.
Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center, including during nap and rest time.
Ensure that all staff are aware of the number of children in their care at all times.
Cease the use of television, computers, and other video equipment for children under the age of two.
Ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Staff in rooms 1 and 2 needed to count the amount of children in their care as they were unaware when asked.
The center needs to afford parents of enrolled children the opportunity to visit the center at any time during the center's hours of operation to observe its operation and program activities without having to secure prior approval as indicated in the Information to Parents document.
Ensure that children wash their hands before the intake of food.
Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served. A child was observed with nasal secretions dried to his face.
Ensure that all staff who do not have a completed CARI background check are directly supervised by another staff member.
Ensure that all sleeping equipment is free of pillows and soft bedding when occupied by a sleeping child.
Ensure that the use of television, computers, and other video equipment is for educational and instructional use, is age and developmentally appropriate, is not used as a substitute for planned activities, and is not used for passive viewing.
Ensure that the center conducts at least two lockdown drills per year during each session provided at the center and maintains records of the drills on file.
Emergency crib in room 3 used for storage.
Complete and maintain on file records of first aid and CPR training.
A child was observed in the walker for over 30 minutes.
Ensure staff do not prop bottles in room 3.
Cease the use of blankets for children under 12 months.
Ensure that each playpen in room 3 is labeled with the child's name.
Ensure discipline policy is properly implemented into room 3. A named child was placed in a playpen for time out.
Ensure that staff know how many children are in their care at all times including staff members children.
Provide age-appropriate time frames for each activity. The children in room 1 were observed having free play most of the morning.
Update and implement an outline of the center's daily activities.
Ensure that food is stored in an appropriate place. Frozen food was placed on top of the microwave to thaw in room 3.
Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water, wherein a named staff in room 3 did not wash her hands after wiping a child's nose.
Complete and maintain CHRI on file for 3 staff. 10/31/19- 2 remain outstanding.
Complete and maintain CARI on file for 2 staff. 12/5/2019: One CARI remains outstanding.
Ensure that the diapering surfaces are washed and disinfected after each diaper change.
Ensure that children are supervised at all times including during nap times. 15 children were left sleeping in room 2 with no staff present.
Hire and/or submit documentation for Program Supervisor.
Provide feeding plans for 2 named infants.
Ensure that children are taken outside daily.
Ensure the center maintains supervision at all times. The staff in room 3 were unaware of the children climbing, running and drinking other children's beverages. Additional staff members may be needed to assist in the implementation of the centers daily activities.
Cease the use of pacifier straps.
Repair or replace diapering pad on the back changing table near the bathroom.
Ensure that new staff receive orientation training.
Ensure that new staff receive orientation, CARI and CHRI clearances before being left alone with children.
Ensure that staff wash infants hands with soap and running water after each diaper change.
Hire and submit documentation for Head Teacher.
Ensure that age appropriate seating is provided for children less than 18 months. A staff member in room 3 was spoon feeding a child in her lap.
Ensure that all children under 18 months are asleep before implementing the 1:10 sleep ratio in room 3. Five children were receiving care with one staff member present and only one child was asleep.
Ensure that sippy cup is removed while walking in room 3.