Family Day Home Standards Manual for Alberta

1 Family Day HomeStandards Manualfor CoordinatorAgency/ Family Day home AgencyApproved Family Day home /ProviderChild and Family Services Authority/CFSAC hild Care Child in CareContractCriminal Record CheckExtended Hours of CareFamily Day home ServiceHealth CareHome Visitor/ConsultantHours of CareIncidentInvestigationMinistryResiden ceFamily Day home Program DescriptionPurpose of ManualAuthorityPart 1:Child and Family Services Authority StandardsRoleObjectivesStandard 1: Administration of Agency ContractsStandard 2: IncidentsPart 2:Agency StandardsRoleObjectivesStandard 1: StaffingStandard 1A: Agency CoordinatorStandard 1B: home Visitor/ConsultantStandard 2: Caseloads and MonitoringStandard 3: Criminal Record ChecksStandard 4: Recruitment of Family Day home ProvidersStandard 5: Support for Family Day home ProvidersStandard 5A: Training05050505050505050505060606060606 0606070809101010111314141415151516171718 1903 Part 2:Agency Standards Cont dStandard 6.

2 Agency PoliciesStandard 6A: Backup CareStandard 6B: Hours of ServiceStandard 6C: RecordsStandard 7: Services for Parent(s)Standard 7A: Placement ServicesStandard 7B: Parent InvolvementStandard 7C: Information/ReferralStandard 8: IncidentsStandard 9: Visual IdentityPart 3: Family Day home StandardsRoleObjectivesStandard 1: Insurance CoverageStandard 1A: LiabilityStandard 1B: TransportationStandard 2: Children s Information RecordsStandard 3: Portable Emergency Information RecordsStandard 4: Family Day home Provider AccommodationsStandard 4A: ResidenceStandard 4B: Furnishings and EquipmentStandard 4C: Outdoor Play SpaceStandard 5: Transportation and OutingsStandard 6: Number and Ages of ChildrenStandard 7: Child Care ProgramStandard 8: Child SupervisionStandard 9: Child GuidanceStandard 10: Health and SafetyStandard 10A: Incidents Standard 10B: home and SafetyStandard 10C: IllnessStandard 10D: Medical ConditionsStandard 10E: MedicationStandard 10F: AnimalsStandard 11: SmokingStandard 12.

3 Meals and SnacksStandard 13: Visual IdentityFormsDefinitionsAgency CoordinatorAn individual employed by theagency whose responsibilitiesinclude managing theadministration and delivery of the Family day home Day home AgencyAn individual, partnership orcorporation that contracts with a Child and Family ServicesAuthority to administer a Family day home Family DayHome/ProviderA provider who, under contractwith a Family day home agency or the Child and Family ServicesAuthority, provides child care and supervision to children up to 12 years of age in their and Family ServicesAuthority/CFSAA Child and Family ServicesAuthority, established under the Child and Family ServicesAuthorities CareThe temporary care andsupervision of a child by an individual other than the child s parent or guardian.

4 Child in Care A child who is 0-12 years and is registered and placed in a Family day home but is not: a child of the provider or any resident of the Family day home ; under the guardianship of the provider or any other resident of the Family day home ; or normally a resident in the Family day home . ContractA legal document outlining theterms and Standards under which the Family day home service Record CheckAgency staff and Family day homeproviders must provide results of a criminal record check to theagency, including a vulnerablesector search, which may beprocessed at any Police Station or RCMP detachment and must bedated no earlier than six monthsprior to commencement with theagency.

5 The criminal record checkis the property of the individualrequesting it. The law enforcementagency providing the criminalrecord check may charge a fee forthis service. Extended Hours of CareCare provided in the eveningbetween 6:00 and 6:00 on the Day home ProgramSection 25 of the Child CareLicensing Actdefines the familyday home program as a programunder which a person with whomthe director has entered into anagreement to coordinate andmonitor the provision of child carein the private residence of one ormore child care providers, and tonot more than six children in eachprivate residence.

6 Health CareThe health services administeredby a physician or other medicalprofessional for the treatment ofillness or accidental injury. home Visitor/Consultant An individual contracted oremployed by the agency tomonitor approved Family day homeproviders for compliance with thefamily day home Standards and theprovider s contract with the of CareThese are the stated hours childcare is provided by an approvedchild care incident is defined as a seriousillness or injury to a child thatrequires first aid or emergencyhealth care; a serious change in achild s health; an error in theadministration of prescribedmedication to a child.

7 An adversereaction to medication by a child; the death of a child; theunauthorized absence of a childfrom the child care program; the commission by a child of anoffence under an Act of Canada;any allegation of abuse or neglectof a child; or any other occurrencethat may seriously affect the healthor safety of a child. InvestigationA detailed and objectiveexamination of past events such as an incident or Ministry of Human Services is comprised of ten Child andFamily Services Authorities and the Department. The Department is responsible for establishingstandards and policies.

8 TheAuthorities are responsible forentering into and monitoringagreements with Agencies for the operation of a Family day home program. ResidenceThe place where the Family dayhome provider lives and operates a Family day home service. Wherethere is more than one Family dayhome in a location (house, duplex,basement suite, apartment), it mustbe clear that the residence is separate or self contained and that children are not grouped Day home ProgramA Family day home is one of the child careoptions available to parent(s) in Alberta .

9 Asper section 25 of the Child Care LicensingAct, Family day homes provide child care toa maximum of six children aged 0-12 yearsold in the private residences of theproviders. Child and Family ServicesAuthorities (CFSAs) contract with agenciesfor the purposes of ensuring that childrenusing an approved Family day home serviceare healthy and safe. Approved agenciesand providers operate according to of ManualThis Manual contains the Ministry standardsfor operating an approved Family day homeservice for the purposes of providing childcare to CFSA is responsible for complying with the authority Standards and monitoringan agency and its providers to ensurecompliance to provincial Standards .

10 Through its contract with a CFSA, theagency is responsible for complying with the agency Standards and monitoringcompliance to the provider Standards . AuthorityOperating under the legal authority of theChild Care Licensing Act, these standardsdescribe the roles, objectives, responsibilitiesand expectations for the CFSA, agency andapproved Family day home provider. 0908 Part 1:Child and FamilyServices Authority StandardsRoleThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO)is responsible for the approval,monitoring and enforcement ofagreements between a Child andFamily Services Authority and an agency and may not delegatethat authority.