Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Church of St Paul & St Stephen, Stroud Road,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5AH
Opening hours
Days & Times: Open Saturday fortnightly 10am to 12noon or 11am to 1pm.
Centre charges
The Gloucester Child Contact Centre admin fee is £60 (this covers 6 sessions). This needs to be paid in advance of the first contact session and then every 6 sessions thereafter. There is also a £5.00 fee for each contact session (including Collect & Return).
Services available here
Supported family time
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Accredited
Not For Profit
To make a referral,
contact:
Address: Church of St Paul & St Stephen , Stroud Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 5AH
Telephone: 07522 541 005
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: 06/12/2024
Summary:
Gloucester Child Contact Centre is a well-established centre based at St Paul and St Stephen’s Church in Gloucester. The venue is 10 minutes from the town centre and train station with bus stops nearby and a local shopping centre. There is no parking at the venue, but off-road parking is available.
The family time room is bright and airy with a good variety of toys and games available. There is a quiet area with cushions and books as well as areas for active play.
The centre has 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 people running the service are friendly, knowledgeable and committed. The co-ordinator has been proactive throughout the accreditation process and has worked hard to evidence how standards have been achieved. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for supported family time accreditation.
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