Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Abington Avenue United Reformed Church, Abington Avenue,
Northampton, NN1 4QA
Opening hours
Days & Times: 1st & 3rd Saturday of the month 10am to 3pm
Centre charges
No charge for service
Services available here
Supported family time
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: Abington Avenue , URC Child Contact Centre, Abington Avenue United Reformed Church, Abington Avenue, Abington, Northampton, NN1 4QA
Telephone: 07762 714067
This centre is accredited to provide supported contact
Accreditation is a way of checking that your contact centre is safe and meets our standards.
How is a centre checked?
An assessorSomeone working on our behalf who has experience and an interest in child contact services and must assess if a service meets our standards. looks round the rooms, toys, equipment, and any outside play areas to make sure that they are safe and good for you to use. They talk with the people at the centre to make sure that they are trained and helped to do their job as well as possible. They then check the informationThe assessor checks through the centre’s accreditation portfolio which includes policies, procedures, risk assessments, reports (if the service offers supervised contact) and information for families. on what happens at the centre and how it keeps you safe.
When the assessor is happy that a centre meets our standards then they are awarded their accreditation and you can find them on this website. Accreditation happens every three years with extra checks if needed.
Accreditation Summary
Date: 31/10/2024
Summary:
Abington Avenue URC Child Contact Centre – Northampton is a well established centre that has been providing supported contact for over 20 years. The centre operates from Abington Avenue United Reformed Church, has good public transport links and its own parking. The nearby Abington Park is ideal for those families using the centre’s handover service in the local community.
The centre is bright, with lots of natural light. The rooms are spacious and inviting, and open onto a small courtyard.
The centre has detailed leaflets with a range of information included on these for the families that may use the centre. This information helps them to anticipate everything from making a referral to the appropriate steps to take if they are unhappy or feel unsafe.
The coordinator worked with the assessor really well during the assessment process to provide any information that may be missing. It is evident that the entire team are committed to providing a safe and inviting environment for children; keeping up and committing to training, working in a professional manner with families and promoting positive change to sessions. The centre meets the standards for enhanced supported contact accreditation.
Centre testimonials
"I don’t have words how you helped us. We will never forget this, and you always will be for us like a family. Another I hope good news is we are starting talking with a (mum) and we decided to cooperate together as this will be better for everyone."
Family using centre
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