Health Care Consultant Services
For child care and after school providers who want assistance to create a useful, easy-to-follow Health Care Plan, and want to become approved by New York State Office of Children and Family Services to administer medication, the Child Care Council offers the services of a Health Care Consultant.
The Health Care Consultant Service includes at least one site visit, with follow-up consultation, and all of the following:
- Assistance in developing policies and procedures related to health and infection control regulations, including:
- Child health policies and procedures
- Staff health policies and procedures
- Staff training
- Daily health checks
- Infection control policies and procedures
- Emergency policies and procedures
- Caring for mildly-ill children
- Caring for children with special health care needs, like asthma, allergies requiring medications, seizure disorders, diabetes, etc.
- Medication administration policies and procedures, including required permission, instructions, safe administration, documentation, storage disposal, etc.
- Resource material that will help you comply with your policies and procedures
- Updates regarding any changes that may impact your Plan, including regulations, forms, immunization schedules, etc.
- Updates to your plan as needed, like adding or removing authorized staff to administer medication. Copies of your updated Plan will be provided to your licensor/registrar for final approval.
- Ongoing technical assistance as needed
To get started with the Health Care Consultant, print and fill out the two following forms, and return to Katherine Mancini.
By fax: (914) 886-0281
By email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
By mail: 313 Central Park Avenue, Scarsdale, NY 10583