Child Contact Centres

 Supported Contact

Our Child Contact Centres are neutral venues where children who no longer live with one parent can meet in a safe, child friendly environment.  Our Centres are staffed by fully trained, paid workers.

Child contact centres can help to bridge the awkwardness that a child may experience when seeing a parent for the first time when there has been a lengthy gap in parental contact.  Being in a centre can help to make the situation feel more normal for the child as they see other children meeting up with a parent whom they do not live with. 

Our Child Contact Centres are located in Woodside Place in Glasgow and Elmbank Drive in Kilmarnock. 

There is a cost for this service of £30 per parent, per session.

Supervised Contact

This is a specialist, more formal service that typically takes place when there is an Interlocutor (Court Order)  issued by a Sheriff, which specifies how often and for how long supervised contact will take place. 

We provide a detailed report of the Supervised contact to the Court.

Two specially trained Child Contact Centre workers supervise the contact on the day. 

• One is in the room at all times to observe, listen to, and take notes of the interaction between the parent and child. 
• These notes form the basis of the report provided to the Sheriff. 
• The other worker remains outside the room and is available for the duration of the contact
• The payment for Supervised Contact is typically arranged by the Court.

Where judged appropriate, private arrangements for Supervised Contact can be offered on an individual case by case basis.