Venue details
Opening hours
Days & Times: Monday to Sunday 10am to 6pm
Centre charges
Details available on request
Services available here
Supported contact
Supervised contact
Handover
Supervised contact assessment
Indirect
Escorted contact
Life story identity contact
Supervised - Community Based
Accepts self referrals
Enhanced Accredited
Virtual Contact (Supported)
Virtual Contact (Supervised)
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: 14/07/2023
Summary:
MV Family Centre was established in 2021 and will be providing community contact services in North, South and East London areas including Finchley, Barnet and Romford. The vast area is served by excellent rail and bus transport along with major roads.
As mentioned this service will be community based with a comprehensive risk assessment plan to ensure that all buildings used are safe and appropriate for families. For example MV Family Centre has identified the Arts Depot in North Finchley as a suitable venue for community contact (see photo).
The centre has a detailed, bright, and inviting website with a range of information included on this for the children and 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 Director has spent some considerable time identifying local facilities, sourcing a selection of affordable venues that can be used to support the service. They were very engaging with the assessor who discussed the processes and procedures and roles and responsibilities of a contact supervisor for a community based supervised service. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) accreditation.
Photos from this centre
