• Serious

  110-302-0106(4) · ONB providers must complete the recognizing and reporting suspected child abuse, neglect, and exploitation training as approved or offered by the department according to subsection (1) of this section. Training must include the prevention of child abuse or neglect as defined in RCW 26.44.020 and the mandatory reporting requirements under RCW 26.44.030.

  2 of the volunteer staff that have been on site in the last month were missing the required trining and not documented in Merit. Risk Verified Corrected WAC/RCW

  Open Not marked corrected in the state record

  Open / not marked corrected.

• Serious

  110-302-0347(3) · To prevent injury to children, ONB providers must comply with the requirements described in this subsection. (a) Staff members must remove hazardous objects and mitigate hazards whenever possible from the surrounding area where children might fall. This includes, but is not limited to, removing rocks and covering sharp edges or potentially harmful protrusions including harmful protrusions or branches that may extend from trees or stumps. (b) Before a child or children climb on trees, ONB providers must inspect the trees for weak or loose branches or other potential hazards. (c) ONB staff members must provide active supervision and be able to provide immediate assistance to any climbing child. To ensure adequate supervision and after conducting the risk assessments described in WAC 110-302-0471, it may be necessary for ONB programs to limit the number of children climbing at one time. (d) At all times, a staff member must be within reach of the midriff of a child who is climbing a natural feature 30 inches above the ground. A climbing child must not be allowed to climb out of reach of staff.

  A preschool age child was on the root stump natural climber over 30 inches off the ground without a teacher in reach or close enough to provide active supervion of the climbing. The staff had the child climb down and return to circle and had a conversation with the child and present staff about climbing with teachers.

A volunteer trained in the Benefit Risk assessment placed a child on a root climber resulting in the child falling leading to climbing natural feature concerns.

Disposition: 1 valid issue(s)