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Hi, I'm very new to this process, I just mailed my application today. My husband and I are trying to get all of the things done to ready our house ahead of time, so we don't have to stress about it later and we can just focus on the training. We are interested in children from 0-5 years old. I have found a ton of information about the inspections, and even found a few checklists. My husband and I don't drink, but we do have some wine in the house for parties and special occasions. Would it be okay to just have them out of reach rather than locked up? Also, for medications, could I put those on the top shelf of a cabinet? For the cabinets that contained these things I could put the child safety locks on them as I plan to for the chemicals and cleaning products.
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We do not have alcohol at our house, so no help there, but meds need to be in a locked box. We use a tool box and a little key lock. Child locks will not work, because kids figure those out fairly quickly. My 15 month old can open the baby gate designed for stairs, so those childproofing things do not stop them, it just slows them down long enough for you to get to the child. The locked meds is a big thing for inspections, that and plug covers. Again, those just become a chocking hazard for most kids (my 15 month old can get those off too), but the state is picky about those.
Your agency should have a checklist for you at your first night of training.
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As others have said it depends on state. Alch is ok but they will question you on your usage in the psyc eval.
Cleaners you need to have out of reach or locked, we just used a plastic tool box.
Meds out of reach was ok.
Probably the biggest lock it up is going to be any fire arms, you will be required to lock the guns up, and the amunition up in seperate locations.
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