Reportable Incident Procedure

First Step Daycare Center will maintain a daily log of non-reportable incidents which includes a description of minor accidents (not requiring medical attention), and other unexpected events that will be shared with parents/guardians on a regular basis. 

An event may occur that will be considered a reportable incident. That incident will be firstly reported to the parent/guardian then reported to the licencing officer of the facility from Fraser Health. First Step Daycare’s licencing officer would be notified through a serious incident report within 24hrs. Staff evaluations of the event will be recorded; As well as immediate implementation of changes will take place to insure safety.  

 

The following are definitions of reportable incidents: 

 

• Aggressive/Unusual Behaviour 

  • Aggressive or unusual behaviour by a person in care towards other person’s, including another person in care, which has not been appropriately assessed in the individual's care plan.

 

• Emotional Abuse

  • Any act, or lack of action, which may diminish the sense of well being of a child in care, perpetrated by a teacher or staff member (e.g. verbal harassment, yelling, confinement)

 

• Physical Abuse

  • Any physical force that is excessive for, or is inappropriate to, a situation involving a child in care and is perpetrated by a teacher or staff member. 

 

• Sexual Abuse

  • Any sexual behaviour directed towards a child in care by an employee of First Step Daycare, volunteer or any other person in a position of trust, power, or authority. This includes:

    • Any sexual exploitation whether consensual or not.

    • Sexual activity between children if the difference in age or power between the children is significant that the older or more powerful child is clearly taking sexual advantage of the youngest or less powerful child. 

    • This does not include consenting sexual behaviour between adults. 

  

• Fall

  • A fall of such seriousness experienced by a child in care, as too require emergency care by a physician or too transfer to a hospital. 

 

• Medication Error

  • An error in administration of a medicine which adversely affects a child in care or requires emergency intervention or transfer to a hospital. 

 

• Unexpected Illness 

  • Any unexpected illness of such seriousness that requires a child in care to receive emergency care by a physician or transfer to a hospital. 

 

• Neglect

  • The failure of a care provider to meet the needs of a child in care, (e.g. food, shelter, care, and/or supervision).

 

• Other Injury

  • An injury to a child in care requiring emergency care by a physician, or transfer to a hospital. 

 

• Disease Outbreak/Occurrence

  • An outbreak or the occurrence of a disease above the incident level beyond that which is normally expected (if in doubt ask the local Health Authority).

 

• Emergency Restraint 

  • Any restraint use that is not approved and documented in a person’s care plan. 

 

• Service Delivery Problem

  • Any condition or event which could reasonably be expected to impair the ability of any staff member of First Step Daycare, to provide care or which affects the health, safety, or well being of the children in care. 

 

• Financial Abuse

  • The misuse of funds and assets of a child in care by a teacher/staff member. 

  • The obtaining of property and funds of a child in care by a teacher/staff member without the knowledge and full consent of the child in care or their substitute decision maker. 

 

• Missing/Wandering

  • A child in care who is missing from the daycare centre/field trip

  • Parents will be notified 

  • Authorities called in too help find missing child 

 

• Motor Vehicle Injury

  • An injury to a child that occurs during transit by motor vehicle while the person is under the care and supervision of First Step Daycare Center. 

 

• Poisoning 

  • Ingestion of a poison or toxic substance by a child in care.

 

• Attemted Suicide

  • An attempt by a child in care to take his or her own life. 

 

• Death

  • Expected death

    • Death primarily resulting from a disease of the body and not resulting secondarily from injuries or abdominal environment factors. 

  • Unexpected death

    • When a child dies as a result of violence, misadventure, negegence, miscinduct, malpractice, or suicide 

    • Suddenly and unexpectedly 

    • From disease, sickness or unknown cause, for which the child was not treated by a medical practitioner

 

From any cause, other than disease, under circumstances that may require investigation