Guiding Light

11 out of 11 unauthorized absence serious incident reports reviewed did not contain any mention of a debriefing with the child after they returned to care.

An employee's file was reviewed and did not have the date of employment. In addition, the following standards were also missing. 749.553 (3) Job description 749.553 (6) A notarized licensing Affidavit for Employment 749.553(7) A statement signed by employee stating they received a copy of the operational policies and they understand. 749.553(8) Statement from employee stating they understand the requirements for reporting abuse.

3 serious incident reports were reviewed and were missing the following items: 749.511 (1) address and phone number of foster parents missing on one report. 749.511 (3) gender, age and date of placement of the child, three missing part of this standard. 749.511 (7) circumstances surrounding incident were missing on two reports. 749.511 (10) the resolution of the incident, missing on one report.

There were several certificates that did not list the qualifications of the trainers.

One employee file reviewed did not have verification of the employee's orientation.

There were items that were missing from the staff and children's files that were provided during the inspection.

Two serious incident reports were not reported in the required timeframe to Licensing.

A foster home screening reviewed did not document the following standards. 749.2447 (18) Extended family for the foster parents was not addressed. 749.2447 (23) previous agency information, only 1 out of 4 prior agencies were requested.

Agency had a training certificate that was not valid. After a review of the training certificate it was found to have been created by the caregiver and not genuine.

There was one quarterly visit that did not have the required information on the report. In addition, it did not have the signatures of the parents or the person that conducted the visit.

There were multiple items that were missing from the employee and children's files that were provided during the inspection.

There was one staff that had training expire in February 2021.

There were several certificates that did not list the qualifications of the trainers.

1 out of 2 files that were reviewed did not have the date of employment. In addition, the following standards were also missing. 749.553 (3) Job description 749.553(7) A statement signed by employee stating they received a copy of the operational policies and they understand. 749.553(8) Statement from employee stating they understand the requirements for reporting abuse. 759.53(9) Proof that the employee has a cleared background in the file.

4 out of 4 incident reports were reviewed and they were missing the following information: 749.511(1) Foster families, name, address and phone number 749.511(2) Date and time of the incident 749.511(3) Gender, age and admission date of the child 749.511(4) Name of all adults and their role 749.511(5) Name of witness 749.511(8) Any follow up information 749.511 (10) Resolution of the incident

There was one certificate that did not have the length of the training.

A child missed two dosages of medication, due to the child sleeping early. The medication error was not documentation thoroughly.

The foster parent did not document that medication was given to children in care for 5 days. In addition, the doctors name was not listed on the form.

There was a 3-week old infant observed sleeping with a blanket around the body and a rolled-up blanket used as a bumper pad in the basinet. The infant was also sleeping on a pillow in the basinet and the sheets were not fitted.

A 3-week-old infant sleeps in the bed with the foster parent. The infant is in a "co-sleeper bed" that sits in the middle of the foster parent?s bed.

A child care was not provided tutoring services as needed.

A child was not allowed privacy during phone calls with their CASA worker.

ammunition was observed stored in the same locked container as the weapon. There were loaded clips stored with the weapon