Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
The Granary, Grange Lane, Lower Broadheath,
Worcester, Worcester, WR2 6RW
Opening hours
Days & Times: Monday to Friday 4pm - 7pm Saturday 10am - 5pm
Centre charges
Details available on request
Services available here
Supported contact
Supervised contact
Handover
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
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: 20/03/2023
Summary:
The Granary Family Contact Centre is a new contact service offering a range of types of contacts for both public and private law. Granary Family is the contact arm of Gregory Psychological Services (GPS), which specialises in psychological family assessments for the family and criminal courts. The centre is based in a converted barn in the small village of Lower Broadheath, which is approximately 5 miles from Worcester. It can be accessed by car or local bus.
The building has a range of toys and activities that the children using the service are likely to enjoy. It was observed that there was a good variety of toys, books, and games for children of all ages. Furthermore, the furniture in the contact space was appropriate for children and parents. The centre also has an outside grassy area.
The centre has a clear friendly leaflet with a range of information included on this for the children and families who may use the centre. There is a very thoughtful leaflet for children explaining why they might be coming to a contact centre, what will happen whilst they are there and the role staff will have in supporting them.
All the current staff come from a psychology background, with experience of family assessment.
The service has the potential to be an excellent centre. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) accreditation.
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