Young People Leaving Care Or Independent Living / Mothers With Babies / Young People Within The Youth Justice System / Young People Seeking Asylum / Personal Solution Therapy / Depression / Anxiety | Stress / Unhappiness / Child Behaviour / School Problems | Marital Difficulties / Work Problems / Traumatic Experiences

CONTACT SUPERVISION:
Specialist teams experienced in all aspects of contact supervision are available to work in difficult contact situations either in the client’s homes or at our week-end contact centre. All facets of contact can be arranged including facilitating, monitoring, supervising, parenting skills assistance and assessment. Contact reports are provided and where appropriate assessments for Court and Professional Guidance are prepared.

CONTACT SUPPORT ACCOMODATION:
As a part of our commitment to contact support we have joined with Hillchurch House and can now offer an appropriate weekend venue.
Situated in the Burslem area of Stoke on Trent, Hillchurch House has six contact rooms and two outside play areas.
The centre will be open Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 3pm. Spring Garden staff will be on hand to supervise the building.
The cost will be £20.00 per hour for use of the building and its facilities, including large communal play areas equipped with toys, a quiet room for difficult contact cases, baby changing facilities, kitchen and outside activity areas.
We can act as contact supervisors if needed and this will be charged at our usual rates.

INDIRECT CONTACT:
We will facilitate the safe exchange of information including audio, video, photographic recordings and vet the contents where appropriate. We can organise audio, video and photographic sessions if needed and operate our own:-

Contact Support Post Box

• Safe and Secure.
• Guaranteed confidentiality.
• Meets the specific needs of individual cases.
• Administrated tracking.
• Designed to stay in place for as long as needed.

COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMMENTS:
Qualified and experienced practitioners in children and family work are available to carry out assessments and make recommendations for Court or Colleagues. Throughout the Child’s Welfare will be paramount and where appropriate the child’s wishes and feelings will be properly sought and reported. In the preparation of reports the solution focussed model philosophy will be used in all areas of the assessment including direct work with children and their families.

LIFE AND CONTACT STORY WORK:
Our work will centre on the need for young people to have an understanding of their past and origins. Working closely with children, families, co-workers and significant others the  structure of the work will properly reflect the delicate nature of this work and produce a real account of the past history and the decision that led to the changes affecting those involved.

FAMILY THERAPY:
Solution Focused Therapy will be used to help families to recognise the need to change existing behaviours and to work together to an agreed preferred position that will bring about positive change.

PARENTING ASSESSMENTS:
Assessment will take into consideration the support needed to develop positive life skills and support young people to prepare for parenting. The assessment process will be in line with ‘The Assessment Framework of Children in Need and their Families’  Particular attention will be given to the quality of relationships and interaction, the parent’s ability to physically and emotionally care for and properly protect their child/children, the recognition of child’s needs, appropriate communication and response to behaviour.

PARENTING PLANS:
Designed to help make arrangements for children and to discuss these with them and others who may be involved. The plan will take into consideration the individuality of those involved and be realistic in its objectives.

DIVORCE RECOVERY:
Solution Focussed practice will provide a safe supportive environment for discussion and assistance to help with the inevitable readjustment to the changes in the client’s lives.

SCHOOL HOME SUPPORT:
Provides a range of flexible support services to young people, families, teachers and other professional dealing with the problems associated with home and school. The service is child centred and encourages the young person to access appropriate services and talk to their parents and others who might be the cause of the problem.

THE INVESTIGATION NEGOTIATION AND RE-PATRIATION OF ABDUCTED OR REMOVED CHILDREN:
Since 1994 we have been involved in these delicate areas of investigation and negotiations. We have an excellent return rate and have operated as investigators in the UK and abroad. We have a network of professional operators throughout the world through our continued association with Select Associates Investigators Limited. (See our link).

MEDIATION AND NEGOTIATION:
We are conscious of using this accepted communication experience at the right time. Many mediation experiences have had a negative effect because the timing has been wrong for the participants. However, when the timing is right this is a very effective working tool that can be the most productive way of moving entrenched positions forward. We have a long history of mediation and negotiation and continue to help bring about positive outcomes.

The charges detailed below reflect the charges for one member of staff.

Contact Supervision only:  £35.00 per hour (min 1hour)         
Contact assessment and reporting:  £105.00 per hour (min 1hour)
Contact centre week-ends/evenings:  £20.00 per hour (min 1hour)

Escort:  £18.00 per hour each escort.

Independent Social Work
Expert Witness/Mediation: £105.00 per hour

Solution Focused Therapy: £120.00 per session.

Travel:  £35.00 per hour

Mileag:  0.56 per mile

Training/Consultancy:  (See training and Consultancy section)

Please contact us on email: info@springgarden.co.uk or Telephone: 01782 303640 (Mobile: 07831 612688) for confidential and professional information on our services.