Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Caroline Walk,
Hammersmith, Greater London, W6 8PR
Opening hours
Days & Times: Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm. Saturday, 10am to 4pm
Centre charges
No charge for internal referrals. Details of charges for external referrals can be found on our website.
Services available here
Supported family time
Supervised family time
Handover
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual family time (Supervised)
Not For Profit
Contact
Website: www.lbhf.gov.uk/children-and-young-people/children-and-family-care/askham-family-time-services
Telephone: 020 8749 6936
Email: askham.enquiries@lbhf.gov.uk
Notes from this centre
We are currently accepting local authority referrals via a social worker. We are not able to accept self-referrals.
This centre is accredited to provide supervised 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 centre’s 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. If your family time happens in the community The service might use local community venues to deliver their service or in some cases, residential properties including family members’ homes, where this is safe and appropriate., then the assessor will check that this is going to be safe for you.
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: 26/09/2024
Summary:
Askham Contact Centre in Hammersmith is a well-established service financed by Hammersmith & Fulham Borough Council and has been in operation since 1999. Hammersmith has good transport links, there is a local playground with swings etc a short walk away from the centre and Furnivall Gardens and Ravenscourt park are a bus ride away.
The centre has six designated child friendly contact rooms, some with kitchen facilities. The centre has an excellent provision of equipment for all ages of children.
The centre has a website and leaflets available with a range of information included on these for the children and 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 centre manager and their team are highly motivated, enthusiastic and committed, with a desire to make a real contribution to families who attend the centre. The manager was extremely organised in producing their accreditation paperwork. The centre meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) contact accreditation
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