Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Unit 425a Walsall Road,
Perry Barr, Birmingham, B42 1BT
Opening hours
Days & Times: Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm Sunday 9am to 5.30pm
Centre charges
Details available on request
Services available here
Supported contact
Supervised contact
Handover
Indirect
Escorted contact
Life story identity contact
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual Contact (Supported)
Virtual Contact (Supervised)
To make a referral,
contact:
Telephone: 0121 356 5635
Alternative:
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: 22/06/2023
Summary:
Kiddizone’s Perry Barr Child Contact Centre has been developing over the past year under the umbrella of its sister centre in Selly Oaks and is now seeking Enhanced Accreditation of its own. The centre is based in a large warehouse building that houses a child’s play area, a nursery, and the child contact centre. Walsall Road has good bus links, and the train station is approximately 10 minutes’ walk away. The area has some outstanding open spaces, including Perry Park and Perry Hall Park, the former being the location of the Alexander Stadium.
Upon arrival families enter through the main entrance, which brings you into the Wibbly Wobbly Play Centre; this area is also used for families having supported contact. It offers an amazing range of play and educational equipment. At the rear of the building, in its own area, are two contact rooms used for supervised child contact. There is a good range of toys and activities in the child contact rooms and parents are also encouraged to bring along favourite games or toys for children visiting the centre. There is a separate entrance for children and the parent they live with to enter the building and the building is completely accessible.
The centre has a range of information available for the families who 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 assessor met with both the co-ordinator and the Company Director during the accreditation process and was impressed by the enthusiasm of both and their wish to offer the best possible facilities and support to families. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) accreditation.
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