Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Broadway Hill Methodist Church,
Horton, Somerset, TA19 9QU
Opening hours
Days & Times: Every other Saturday, as a rule
Centre charges
£60 per referral + £10 per 2 hours session
Services available here
Supported family time
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: 6 Stoford Place, Broadway, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9RZ
Telephone: 01460 57936
Alternative: 07484 694897
Email: contactcosgrove@gmail.com
Contact
Website: www.somersetchildcontactcentres.org
Telephone: 01460 57936
Alternative: 07484 694897
Email: contactcosgrove@gmail.com
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: 03/09/2024
Summary:
Chard Child Contact Centre is a well-established centre, located in the village of Horton, near to Chard and Ilminster. The rural location of the service would make it difficult to access without a car although the village has bus links with Taunton. A local park is useful for when families move on to using the centre for handover purposes.
This is a great service in a newly refurbished building. The centre is set out nicely meaning that families can be together or have more secluded space. The service has nice and appropriate furniture and a good selection of toys.
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 co-ordinator is very experienced, and this shines through at the centre. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for supported contact accreditation.
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