Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Dursley Tabernacle, Parsonage Street,
Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 4BW
Opening hours
Days & Times: Every other Saturday 2pm to 4pm
Centre charges
£25 for initial referral by parent requesting contact
Services available here
Supported family time
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Virtual family time (Supported)
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: Dursley & Cam Child Contact Centre, c/o Dursley Tabernacle, Parsonage Street, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 4BW
Telephone: 07824 872854
Notes from this centre
No clients accepted with conviction of harm against children. Referrals by email or telephone.
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:
Dursley and Cam Child Contact Centre is based in Dursley town centre and is run as part of the Dursley Tabernacle United Reform Church. The centre has a nearby bus stop however the nearest train station is a fair distance so families may prefer to come via car. The centre does not have its own parking, but there is nearby parking in the Pulse car park.
The rooms used for contact are welcoming, bright and spacious with various toys, activities and books for children and their parents to access. There is seating for parents and their child to share activities and books with a varied range of toys covering all ages, including table tennis and table football.
The centre has a page on the Dursley Tabernacle website and leaflets available with a range of information included 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.
Volunteers have clearly built positive rapport with the families attending whilst remaining professional. The co-ordinator and the organisation’s chair appeared to work well together and spoke of the importance of the service. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for supported contact accreditation.
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