Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Rushden Mission Church, 159 Wellingborough Road,
Rushden, Northants, NN10 9TA
Opening hours
Days & Times: Supervised 1 to 1: 1st & 3rd Saturdays per month and during week by appointment. Supported: 2 Saturdays a month
Centre charges
This centre sends out details on request via email.
Services available here
Supported family time
Supervised family time
Handover
Indirect
Escorted family time
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: Rushden Mission Church, 159 Wellingborough Road, Rushden, Northants, NN10 9TA
Telephone: 07480 508109
Email: eastnorthantscontactservices@gmail.com & contactenccs@gmail.com
Contact
Telephone: 07480 508109
Email: eastnorthantscontactservices@gmail.com & contactenccs@gmail.com
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: 10/09/2024
Summary:
East Northants Child Contact Services CIC is an established service providing child contact services in Rushden. They play an active part in the area including support with food banks and a Christmas gift programme. The centre is easy to find, with onsite parking as well as nearby street parking and good train and bus links.
During the accreditation process the service changed venues. The new venue is child friendly and suits the needs of the service perfectly including a large hall for supported families and a smaller room for supervised families.
The centre has a social media presence 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 team are experienced in their roles and are naturally supportive and friendly whilst remaining professional in their interactions and processes. During the assessment visit the staff were welcoming and provided insight into their service. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) contact accreditation.
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