Jen's Place
Supervised Access
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We Provide a Flexible Alternative or Next Step to Supervised Access Visits between Caregivers and Children in their home or Community. Supervised Access is contact between children and his or her non-custodial parent with an autonomous third person known as the Supervisor or Facilitator. The facilitator will ensure that your child’s safety is paramount throughout the visit and provide the necessary interventions.
What is Supervised Access?
Supervised Access is contact between children and their non-custodial parents that takes place in the presence of an autonomous third person, known as the supervisor or the facilitator, who will ensure that the children remain safe throughout the visit and will intervene if necessary. Supervised access becomes an option when assurance is required so that the children can have safe, conflict-free access to parents with whom they do not reside.
Supervised contact may result from:
- A formal or informal agreement between the relevant parties
- An order of a court made with the consent of the parties
- An order made following a determination by a Judge or Magistrate
- The determination of a CAS in relation to their child in care.
Challenging situations often result from:
- inflexible parental disputes over child care practices,
- parental capacities or personal traits that are deemed by one of the parties to be undesirable
- a danger to the children involved
- children refusal to see a parent due to;
- conflict of loyalty,
- parental alienation
- a negative reaction to the non-custodial parent
- a parent may want to re-kindle a relationship with his/her children after a long absence
- persistent violent confrontations between parents
Possible clients are children and:
- their parents and siblings,
- other people permitted by the parents, or by the relevant parent, by the court or child welfare body to visit the child, and
- child welfare authorities in relation to children in their care as Wards
Our Aim
1. Maintain the safety of all parties present.
2. Supervise and monitor all interactions between participants and children intervening when the welfare of the child is at risk.
3. To assure that visits occur in a relaxed and natural environment that facilitates realistic interactions in the reconnectionof your relationship.
4. To help ease the tensions of access arrangements between the parties by providing you assistance with child exchange during visits.
5. Be flexible to the scheduling of all parents and children.
6. To be an observer and a neutral non-agent to either parenting/custodial parties.
7. Ensure that all parties are following agreed terms in compliance with the terms identified through any formal or informal agreement between caregivers/parties.
We Provide:
- Experienced, Qualified, and Trained Staff Supervised by a Registered Social Worker
- Access Visits in a More Relaxed and Natural Environment – a community setting or in the parental home
- Transportation for Children To and From Access Visits
- Documentation and Assessments Regarding Interactions, Strengths, Weaknesses, Progression in Relationships, Behaviour Management, and Parenting Skills
- Familiarity with the Court System
- Flexible Scheduling – Days, Nights and Weekends and make up visits
- Affordable Cost
- No waiting list
- Therapeutic interventions
- Assessment
- Monitoring
Supervised Access Fees
Weekly Fee Payment
Deposit Required $ 70.00
Hourly Rate $ 35.00*
Kilometers
Pick up and Return First 15 kilometers or 30 kilometers round trip $ Free
All additional kilometers $0.42 per kilometer (Payment due date at next or following visit)
Documentation
Case Notes $ 10.00 per Recording Period/Per Visit Date
Factual Assessment $ 70.00
Evaluative Assessment $130.00
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