Supervised Contact

SSA's supervised contact service is designed to maintain the critically important parent-child relationship after a child has been removed from their parents' care.  SSA will strive to ensure that every contact session is productive and enjoyable for the family without ever compromising the safety of the child or young person.

We offer a flexible and child-centred package, which will not only maintain relationships, but also provide reports for each session for submission to court or to form part of a wider assessment of parenting skills.  Our staff will collect and transport children to and from our centre or any other suitable venue and supervise contact in accordance with the instructions provided by the social worker.  Our staff members are trained to intervene where appropriate and to write a detailed, impartial account of what happened during contact.

We have 11 comfortable, fully furnished contact rooms, in a completely wheelchair accessible contact centre close to public transport links.  Each room has comfortable seating, toys books and games for children of all ages.  There are kitchen and bathroom facilities available, and we have a dedicated room for practising and assessing domestic skills, with kitchen equipment, an oven, hob and a sink, just like at home!