Settlement Music School - Philadelphia PA Child Care Center

Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection on 6/4/19 certification rep reviewed several children's files. Financial Agreements: Child # 1 was dated 9/2/18. Child # 2 was dated 8/27/18. Child # 3 was dated 8/27/18. Child # 4 was dated 11/28/18. Child # 5 was dated 11/2/18.

Correction Required: The operator shall complete and update the form and provide a copy to the family in accordance with the updates. A parent is required to review and update the financial agreement at least once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information.

Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection on 6/4/19 certification rep reviewed several children's files. Child # 4 and # 5 did not have signed parental consent for emergency medical care.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the written consent signed by a parent for emergency medical care. A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission.

Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection on 6/4/19 certification rep reviewed several children's files. Child # 2 last emergency contact information was dated 8/27/18.

Correction Required: The parent shall update in writing emergency contact information once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information. A parent is required to review and update the emergency contact information at least once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information.

Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection on 6/4/19 certification rep reviewed several children's files. Child # 5 emergency contact form did not include signed parental consent for administration of minor first aid procedures by facility staff.

Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission.

Noncompliance Area: Child #1 did not have the address of the people to whom he may be released documented on their emergency contact form.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Noncompliance Area: Staff person # 1 and facility person #2 did not have current health assessements documented in their records.

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.A facility person's record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis.

Noncompliance Area: During time of inspection, on two occasions I observed children transitioning from one area to another enter the hallway of facility unsupervised by staff and proceed to either the art or music areas of facility.

Correction Required: Children on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the premises shall be supervised by a staff person at all times. Outdoor play space used by the facility is considered part of the facility premises. Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises.

Noncompliance Area: Child # 1 -5 did not have names of release persons documented on their agreement forms. Child #1 did not have address of release person documented on their emergency contact form.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the persons designated by a parent to whom the child may be released. Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Noncompliance Area: Staff person # 1 did not have a current health assessment documented in their record. (last health assessment dated 3/10/15)

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.A facility person`s record shall include a written report of initial and subsequent health assessments, including the results of initial and subsequent tuberculin skin tests, x-rays or other medical documentation necessary to confirm freedom from communicable tuberculosis.

Noncompliance Area: During time of inspection, the director did not have proof that a written evaluation for staff person # 2-5 had been completed in the last 12 months.

Correction Required: A director is responsible for written evaluation of staff persons on a regular basis, a minimum of one evaluation every 12 months.

Noncompliance Area: During time of inspection, chipped paint was observed on a small white tabled used by the preschool children in room # PS 6.

Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility. Furniture must be durable, safe, easily cleaned and appropriate for the child`s size, age and special needs.