UNC School of Public Health - Child Care Sanitation: An Authorization Step

Child Care Sanitation: An Authorization Step

New Rules, Plans and Roles

September 10-12, 2008 in Winston-Salem

A NC Environmental Health State of Practice (SOP) Committee Course

Overview
Objectives
Audience
Schedule and Location
CE Credit
Sponsors
Public Health Competencies
Registration

Overview

Did you know that there are 8,998 regulated Child Care centers and Family Child Care Homes in North Carolina? There are more than 275,000 of our North Carolina children who spend part or all of their day enrolled in regulated child care arrangements, according to the NC Division of Child Development Monthly Statistical Summary Report for November of 2007.

In fact, nearly 30 percent of children under the age of five, with working mothers, attend daycare says the Children's Defense Fund. North Carolina has one of the highest rates of working mothers with young children (compared to the national average) thus, making the need for child care one of the state's top priorities.

North Carolina parents therefore rely daily upon the licensure and combined surveillance skills of the Division of Child Development consultants and the local county environmental health specialists to ensure that their children are in safe child care center or home environments.

It is equally crucial that you and your staff have properly trained and authorized environmental health specialists who are knowledgeable in their unique relationships with Division of Child Development, Fire Marshals, and Department of Insurance personnel, equipped with the newest plan review skills, and familiar with the latest rule changes; all of which will be focused on during this important workshop.

Objectives

The purpose of this workshop is to teach participants how to work effectively with the Division of Child Development Regional Consultants, the Department of Insurance, the Fire Marshals, and the Regional Specialists of the Children’s Environmental Health Branch while conducting through and professional day care inspections. This year there are new inspection forms and new rules that can support and guide you in your daily work routine. There are also new responsibilities ahead for environmental health specialists as both public and private school day cares grow and expand their operations.

At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

Identify major professional working relationships encountered by specialists in daycare inspections.
Describe key factors in a successful plan review for a regulated day care center or home.
Recognize and identify at least two usable administrative tools for resolving health professional and client disputes.
Describe the process for effective and legal inspection of regulated child care facilities.
Demonstrate proficiency in the use inspection skills based on child hazards as well as rule infractions.
Outline success problem solving techniques for operating across various agencies, rules and procedures.

Audience

This program has been designed for North Carolina environmental health specialists, child care development consultants, school daycare administrators and nurses responsible for the inspection, monitoring, evaluation, plan review, and grading of child daycare facilities in North Carolina. Supervisors or administrators who have consulting and decision-making responsibilities with specialists will also benefit from attending this program.

Schedule and Location

Registration (with coffee available) will begin at 8:15 a.m. day one. The program will begin at 8:45 a.m. and adjourn at 4:45 p.m. day one, and runs from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 4:30 p.m. days two and three. With expanded roles accompanying the new rules and the hands-on practice of completing and presenting a day care plan review, the instructors need as much training time as possible during this three-day course. Your time is equally as valuable. Therefore all participants are expected to follow the scheduled start times.

The program will be held at the Forsyth County Government Center, 201 N Chestnut St., Winston-Salem. A map and driving directions can be accessed at www.forsyth.cc - see the far right hand column.

CE Credit

Successful completion of this training will provide 18 instructional clock hours of approved continuing education. Participants must complete at least 80% of the program to receive any hours of credit. (In future sessions, participants are expected to complete the post-test, by the CEH Branch, as a step towards authorization in child care.)