Venue details
Address (not for correspondence):
Salvation Army Croydon Citadel,
Croydon, London, CR0 1XY
Opening hours
Days & Times: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 9am to 5pm
Centre charges
Services available here
Supported family time
Supervised family time
Handover
Supervised family time assessment
Indirect
Escorted family time
Life story identity family time
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: 11/12/2024
Summary:
Securing Futures is an established contact service located in Croydon, South London serving both the local and wider community. They are based in a Salvation Army building utilising large areas within the facility. There are plenty of local buses and a tram service that stops outside the centre with the mainline station 20 minutes’ walk away. There are free parking facilities.
The building is warm, bright and fit for purpose being child focused with toys and resources to meet the diverse age range of children attending. A secure and safe outdoor area is also available.
The centre has a detailed, bright, and inviting website and leaflets 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 manager was very approachable with a committed staff team. Any recommended actions following the visit are now complete meaning the service meets the standards for enhanced (supervised) contact accreditation.
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