Commissioning & Partnership Directory · 2015-03-09 · Separated Parenting Information Programmes...

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1 IntroductionThis directory contains details of the services that are commissioned by Cafcass on behalf of the Ministry of Justice in England. There is information and references to assist courts and Cafcass referrers to select the appropriate services and providers.

All listed service providers are contracted to work with Cafcass and are funded by Cafcass. No other services are contracted to Cafcass or can be funded.

2 How to use this directoryThere are a range of services available.

The Separated Parent’s Information Programme (SPIP) is a short, structured group for parents intended to be useful for both parents, in disputes with a contact element, and where there is a possibility of safe and beneficial contact taking place, with decisions being made by the parents. SPIP is often a good introduction to mediation, and there is some information about this next step.

Child Contact Interventions (CCI) are designed to help parents and children to establish safe and beneficial contact when this is difficult to do on their own. The interventions are intended for families where safe and beneficial contact should be possible on their own in future; it is a short term intervention. There is also some information about supported contact centres.

The Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme (DVPP) is an intensive group programme which aims to help people, who have been abusive towards their partners or ex-partners, change their behaviour and develop respectful, non-abusive relationships.

Each section contains more information about the service, what sort of cases are suitable, good practice, and how to access the service. There is also a full listing of the providers in all areas across England, and a copy of the leaflet intended for service users. Further information about services is on the Cafcass website (www.cafcass.gov.uk)

These services are free to service users, but they are all currently services delivered through the court and Cafcass with orders or referrals needed – please see each section for the details of how to do this.

These services are delivered by organisations working in partnership with Cafcass. They work to safety, data protection and feedback standards that match those of Cafcass. All partners working with Cafcass have appropriate accreditations with organisations that verify their standards.

Further information about all services is available through the Cafcass website, and you can contact the Commissioning Team through the website.

Cafcass Commissioning and Partnerships Directory 2013-14

More information is available at www.cafcass.gov.uk http://www.cafcass.gov.uk/about-cafcass/commissioned-services-and-contact-activities.aspx

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3.1 Separated Parents Information Programme

Description of ServiceSeparated Parenting Information Programmes are designed to help parents learn more about the challenges of post-separation parenting, including the effects on children of ongoing conflict. The Programme also aims to provide advice and support about how best to help children in this situation and enables parents to take steps towards their own solutions.

SPIP is a group programme and is delivered to both parents separately in mixed groups of 8-10 people. Parents can expect to focus on their child’s perspective, and the need to listen, to reflect on their journey as a separated parent, how others might see problems and solutions, how to respond constructively, communicate better and how to use support. They can expect to be supported, but also challenged to take responsibility for their own behaviour. The programme now includes links in to skills training through an internet based programme devised for the Department for Education. This programme, Getting it Right for Children, assists parents to see, understand and apply skills that are key to effective conflict resolution for parents in their situation. In a staged programme using short videos of relevant situations they can see how the skills of stay calm, listen, see it differently, speak for myself, stick to the point and the rules, negotiate, and work it out, can help in resolving and avoiding disputes. A clear link is made to the potential negative effects of conflict on children. Participants will see a short video introduction to the Getting it Right for Children programme.

The SPIP will indicate that the next step is to engage with this material, without undue delay. All participants will be given a SPIP Completion Certificate with links to next steps including mediation.

Cases suitableSPIP referrals should have the following qualities:

• No known or outstanding safeguarding issues, injunctions or undertakings related to safety.

• Some parental conflict; SPIP is appropriate for cases with low-conflict – even where agreement in court appears possible, SPIP offers openings for better longer term solutions being agreed between the parents, and high-conflict entrenched cases where benefit can be gained from alternative routes being set out, and children’s perspectives are highlighted.

• Dispute about contact, residence or other issue with a contact component.

• A reasonable possibility that safe and beneficial contact can be established.

• Be default practice where referral for supported or supervised contact is being considered.



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Good practice ideas• Parents should have the SPIP factsheet in advance of attending.

• Parents are generally positive about the groups once they have attended, although they can be reluctant to attend. Practitioners encouraging orders and referrals should be clear that the course is to help parents work better as separated parents (it is not a course about parenting generally), that both parents are likely to benefit, and that they are expected to take responsibility as far as they can for their own decision making.

• Parents should be aware that attendance is court ordered and is therefore expected – failure to attend could have consequences for the case.

• SPIP can help to change patterns in contact and parental communication, but parents are likely to need help and a structure in which to complete this work. Seeing parents together after SPIP can be helpful in resolving cases away from court. Mediation can be a useful next step – even where it has been tried before – and a Mediation Information Assessment Meeting (MIAM) can be ordered as a court ordered activity.

How to orderThe SPIP is delivered in private law cases in the family courts, under sections 11A-G Children Act 1989 (as amended by the Children and Adoption Act 2006) as a court ordered activity. Cafcass practitioners can be ordered to assess cases for suitability and for the availability.

Each court has a single SPIP provider offering a service for that and other local courts. In London there is a single referral unit. Letters ordering SPIP should be sent only to the relevant provider – who will place parents on separate groups, and refer on if another provider would be more convenient for a service user. Please see the SPIP provider listing to locate the provider for each court.

SPIP is free where participants attendance is ordered by court. SPIP is only available when a court makes an activity order as part of private law family proceedings. Courts should use the HMCTS letter or another locally agreed process, sending it direct to the provider.

Where SPIP attendance in Wales is required (the equivalent is Working Together for Children) you should contact Cafcass Cymru: [email protected]

If a Welsh court orders a SPIP to take place with an English provider, Cafcass England will fund the programme. In this instance, no order is needed for a financial claim: the authority of Cafcass Cymru informing the provider is sufficient.

There is no SPIP equivalent in Scotland or Northern Ireland.



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The Programme encourages parents to take steps for themselves; this may include developing agreements that do not need court intervention. The Programme will give you ideas and signpost ways in which you can get help outside court, and you are expected to make use of these where possible. If this leads to agreed arrangements that are safe and beneficial for children, the court will help with this process. The majority of parents that go on the course find it very helpful.

The Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP)* It is usually delivered to mixed groups of parents in

two, two-hour sessions or one four-hour session. You must be there for the whole programme.

* Separated couples do not go on the same course, but it is important that both parents go on a programme.

A SPIP might be appropriate for parents (or other parties) when:* you have difficulty focussing on your children’s

needs due to ongoing conflict

* you find that your feelings and reactions to the separation are affecting your ability to communicate about your children

* you would like communication to improve, perhaps you are thinking about mediation

* there are no safeguarding concerns about children or parents.

The course* Looks at working as separated parents in the best

interests of your children.

* What children need: you will watch a powerful DVD made by young people that follows a family over a six month period.

* Parent communication – you will be asked to think about prepared scenarios from other viewpoints. You will also see and try out some methods that can help both parents react better to stress in practical ways.

* Emotions – you will look at the emotional effect of separation or being separated parents and the options for moving forward.

FeedbackThe provider only reports back to Cafcass about attendance and does not assess your responses to the various parts of the programme. Some providers also seek feedback through an evaluation form.

To take part in a course:Courts have the power, by making a court order, to ‘direct’ parents to attend a programme aimed at promoting safe contact with children.

You can be ordered to go to a Separated Parents Information Programme and/or to a Mediation Information Meeting. Cafcass is usually asked to advise the court if it is suitable for you. You can choose a SPIP provider convenient to you.

There is no charge to Cafcass service users for the SPIP.

The Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP) is a course designed to help parents become clear about what their children need most from them and learn the fundamental principles of how to manage conflict and difficulties between separated parents – including how to put this into practice.

Separated Parents Information Programme

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Provider Venue(s) of SPIP Delivery Main Contact Phone

Number Mobile PhoneEmail - All case related

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Correspondence address

Newcastle County Court Newcastle F. P. Court Newcastle Upon Tyne County Court Newcastle Upon Tyne District High Court North Shields County Court North Tyneside F. P. Court Berwick upon Tweed F. P. Court South East Northumberland F. P. Court Morpeth and Berwick County Court

A01aRelate Northumberland & Tyneside

Newcastle upon TyneTBC - AlnwickTBC - BerwickTBC - Morpeth

Paula Little 0191 2697906 [email protected]

Relate Northumberland and Tyneside 3rd Floor, Mea House Ellison Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8XS

Whitehaven County Court Whitehaven F. P. Court Workington F. P. Court Carlisle F. P. Court Carlisle County Court Barrow-in-Furness F. P. Court Barrow-in-Furness County Court Penrith County Court (Kendal County Court & Kendal F P Court covered by A09d)

A01b Action for Children Workington Carlisle Barrow

Steph Crosthwaite

0191 2619212 [email protected]

Action for Children Level 4Mea HouseEllison Place NewcastleNE1 8XS

Gateshead County Court Gateshead F. P. Court South Shields County Court South Tyneside F. P. Court Sunderland County Court Sunderland F. P. Court

A01c Impact Family Services

South Shields, Gateshead, Sunderland,

Gill Docherty 0191 456 7577 7850047191 [email protected]

m.net

17 Beach RoadSouth ShieldsTyne & WearNE33 2QA

Middlesbrough County Court Teeside F. P. Court Hartlepool County Court Bishop Auckland County Court Darlington County Court Darlington F. P. Court North Allerton & Richmond F. P. Court Hartlepool F. P. Court

A02a Families TalkingMiddlesbroughRedcar Newton Aycliffe

01642 222 967 [email protected]

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Unit 6, Broadcasting House, Newport Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, TS1 5JA

Consett County Court County Durham F. P. Court Durham County Court Durham North F. P. Court Durham South F. P. Court

A02bRelate Northumberland & Tyneside

Newcastle upon TyneTBC - AlnwickTBC - BerwickTBC - Morpeth

Paula Little 0191 2697906 [email protected]

Relate Northumberland and Tyneside 3rd Floor, Mea House Ellison Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8XS

York County Court York F. P. Court Scarborough County Court Scarborough F. P. Court Harrogate County Court Harrogate F. P. Court

A02c Impact Family Services

York, Scarborough, Harrogate

Gill Docherty 0191 456 7577 7850047191 [email protected]

m.net

17 Beach RoadSouth ShieldsTyne & WearNE33 2QA

A1 Tyneside Northumbria and Cumbria

A2 Durham Teeside and North Yorkshire

A3 Greater Manchester

mailto:[email protected]









[email protected]

ALL COURT ORDERS MADE IN MANCHESTER COURTS MUST BE SENT TO HERE

[email protected] General Enquiries only

Beverley F. P. Court Bridlington F. P. Court East York's F. P. Court* Hull F. P. Court Kingston-Upon-Hull County Court Skipton F. P. Court Grimsby F. P. Court Gt Grimsby County Court Scunthorpe County Court Scunthorpe F. P. Court

A04a Relate Lincolnshire Lincoln M. Merry A Cook


138 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7PJ

Sheffield County Court Sheffield F. P. Court Sheffield High Court Just Mediation Sheffield Peter Duff


Northchurch Business Centre, 84 Queen Street, Sheffield, S1 2DW

Doncaster County Court Doncaster F. P. Court Goole F. P. Court Rotherham County Court Rotherham F. P. Court Barnsley County Court Barnsley F. P. Court

A04c Family ActionDoncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley

Tracy Banks 020 7254 6251

[email protected] [email protected]

501-505 Kingsland road London E8 4AU

Leeds County Court Leeds District High Court Leeds F. P. Court A05a Core Assets

Children's Services Morley Jane Devine 0113 3071150 07587 666744 [email protected]

m.net

Unit 7 Turnberry ParkGildersome, Morley, Leeds LS27 7LE

Batley F. P. Court Bradford County Court Keighley County Court Skipton County Court A05b Relate Mid-

YorkshireBradford, Keighley Joanne Cullen 01757

[email protected]

2c St James Terrace Selby North Yorkshire YO8 9QD

Dewsbury County Court Dewsbury F. P. Court Wakefield County Court Wakefield F. P. Court Halifax County Court Halifax F. P. Court Huddersfield County Court Huddersfield F. P. Court

A05c National Children's Centre

HuddersfieldWakefield

Tina VinkSamantha Cashman


Brian Jackson House New North Parade Huddersfield West Yorkshire HD1 5JP

Kirklees F. P. Court Calderdale F. P. Court Pontefract County Court Pontefract F. P. Court Selby F. P. Court A05d Relate Mid-

Yorkshirevenue to be confirmed Joanne Cullen 01757

[email protected]

2c St James Terrace Selby North Yorkshire YO8 9QD

Tele: 0161 341 0257

Fax: 0161 773 2727

A6 Hampshire and IOW

A04b

A4 South Yorkshire & Humberside

A5 West Yorkshire

Manchester CJCBolton CourtOldham CourtStockport CourtWigan Court

A3

SPIP is provided in Manchester by 4 Providers - Children First Family Mediation, Family Action, Pro-Contact and Relate GMSALL ORDERS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ORDER PROCESSING UNIT.

Across Greater ManchesterOrders will be distributed to Providers by Service User postcode
















Portsmouth County Court Portsmouth F. P. Court Southampton County Court Salisbury County Court (A7) Salisbury F. P. Court (A7) Newport (IoW) County Court

A06a Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire

Portsmouth, Southampton Salisbury Isle of Wight

Brian Boxall 01305 257206

[email protected]

2 Poundbury Business Centre Poundbury Dorchester DT1 3WA

Aldershot and Farnham F. P. Court Alton F. P. Court Basingstoke County Court Basingstoke F. P. Court North East and North West Hampshire F. P. Court

A06b The Roberts Centre Basingstoke, Aldershot Louisa Mark 023 9229

6919 [email protected]

The Roberts Centre 82 Crasswell St Portsmouth Hampshire PO1 1HT

Bristol County Court Bristol District High Court Bristol F. P. Court Weston-Super-Mare County Court A07a

Action for Children - Bristol Supporting Families, Contact Matters

Fishponds RoadBristol Sandy

CheethamImogen Wright

0117 9415896 07595 940075 contactmatters.actionforchildren

@cyps.cjsm.net

Units 18 & 53 Easton Business CentreFelix RoadEastonBristolBS5 0HE

Gloucester County Court Gloucestershire F. P. Court A07b Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire

Gloucester.Cheltenham Brian Boxall 01305

257206 N/A [email protected]


Chippenham F. P. Court Swindon County Court Swindon F. P. Court Trowbridge County Court Bath County Court Bath F. P. Court North Avon F. P. Court North Somerset F. P. Court

A07c Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire

Trowbridge Chippenham Swindon Bath Wells

Brian Boxall 01305 257206 N/A [email protected]

sm.net


Reading County Court Reading F. P. Court Slough County Court Oxford and Southern Oxfordshire F. P. Court Oxford County Court Oxford District High Court Wycombe & Beaconsfield F. P. Court

A07d Oxfordshire Family Mediation

Oxford, Banbury, Didcott, Eton, High Wycombe, Maidenhead, Bracknell, Reading

Theresa Duggan


12 Spinners Court, 55 West End, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 1NH

Salisbury see A6

Dorset F. P. Court Weymouth County Court Weymouth F. P. Court Wimborne F. P. Court Bournemouth County Court Bournemouth F. P. Court Bournemouth High Court Poole F. P. Court

A08a Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire

Dorchester, Bournemouth Brian Boxall 01305



A7 Avon Gloucestershire Wiltshire Berkshire

A8 Cornwall Devon Dorset and Somerset














Bodmin County Court East Cornwall F. P. Court Penzance County Court Truro County Court Truro High Court West Cornwall F. P. Court

A08b Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire St Austell, Truro Brian Boxall 01305



Barnstaple County Court Barnstaple F. P. Court Central Devon F. P. Court East Devon F. P. Court Exeter High Court Exeter County Court Taunton County Court Taunton High Court Wells F. P. Court Yeovil County Court

A08c Little House Contact Centre

Exeter, Taunton Barnstaple Julia Bayley 01392

491902

[email protected] / [email protected]

56 Longbrook Street, Exeter, Devon. EX4 6AS

Torquay and Newton Abbot County Court Plymouth County Court Plymouth F. P. Court South Devon County Court South Devon F. P. Court Totnes F. P. Court Sedgemoor, Taunton Deane & West Somerset F. P. Court South Somerset F. P. Court

A08d Relate Dorset & South Wiltshire

Torquay Plymouth Taunton

Brian Boxall 01305 257206 N/A [email protected]

sm.net


Chester / Ellesmere Port F. P. Court Chester County Court Birkenhead County Court Knowsley F. P. Court Liverpool County Court Liverpool District High Court Liverpool F. P. Court Merseyside F. P. Court Southport County Court St Helens County Court St Helens F. P. Court Halton F. P. Court Macclesfield County Court Macclesfield F. P. Court

A09a Relate Cheshire and Merseyside

Higher BebingtonSt HelensChesterMacclesfieldLiverpool

Sally Sutherland Nicola Railton


Town House Barns Tarporley Road Clotton, Nr Tarporley Cheshire CW6 0EG

Runcorn County Court South Cheshire F. P. Court Vale Royal F. P. Court Warrington County Court Warrington F. P. Court

A09bYMCA Relationship Services North Staffordshire

Warrington Mandy Keen 01782 222389

[email protected]

Edinburgh HouseHarding RoadHanleyST1 3AE

Blackpool County Court Ormskirk F. P. Court Preston County Court Preston F. P. Court South Ribble F. P. Court

A09c Chapter 1 Preston,Blackpool

Dorothy Parsons

01772 250208 07841 604075 [email protected]

.net

Chapter 1 Supervised Child Contact CentreLancashire House 24 Winckley Square Preston Lancashire PR1 3JJ

Lancaster CC Burnley County Court Blackburn County Court Blackburn District High Court Accrington County Court Hyndburn (East Lancs) F. P. Court Pennine (Reedley) F. P. Court Kendal County Court Kendal F. P. Court

A09d GrassrootsBlackburn, BurnleyLancaster

Christine Duckworth

01254 658929

[email protected]

Unit 250Glenfield Park Business CentreBlakewater RoadBlackburn

Hereford County Court Hereford F. P. Court Kidderminster F. P. Court Redditch F. P. Court Worcester County Court Worcester F. P. Court

A10a Relate Worcestershire

Worcester, Hereford Sarah Moore 01905 28051 01905 23597 [email protected].

net

19 Castle Street Worcester Worcestershire WR1 3AD

A9 Cheshire Merseyside and Lancashire

A10 Shropshire Staffordshire Herefordshire and Worcestershire

















Shrewsbury County Court Shrewsbury F. P. Court Telford County Court Telford F. P. Court Stafford County Court Stafford F. P. Court

A10b Relate Shropshire and Herefordshire

Shrewsbury, Stafford, Telford Haley Foley 01743

[email protected]

19 Castle Street Worcester Worcestershire WR1 3AD

Tamworth F. P. Court Burton-upon-Trent County Court Burton-upon-Trent F. P. Court Newcastle under Lyme F. P. Court Stoke On Trent County Court Crewe County Court (A9)

A10c YMCA North Staffordshire Crewe Mandy Keen 01782

[email protected]

Edinburgh HouseHarding RoadHanleyST1 3AE

Derby County Court Derby F. P. Court Derby High Court Ilkeston F. P. Court North East Derbyshire & Dales F. P. Court

A11a Action for Children Derby Sue Goodwin 01246 277 422

[email protected]

45 Queen StreetChesterfieldS40 4SF

Chesterfield County Court Mansfield County Court Mansfield F. P. Court Buxton F. P. Court Newark County Court Retford F. P. Court Worksop and Retford F. P. Court Worksop County Court

A11b Action for ChildrenChesterfield Mansfield Buxton

Sue Goodwin 01246 277 422

[email protected]

45 Queen StreetChesterfieldS40 4SF

Newark and Southwell F. P. Court Nottingham County Court Nottingham District High Court Nottingham F. P. Court

A11c Core Assets Children's Services Nottingham Jane Devine 0113 307

[email protected]

Unit 7 Turnberry ParkGildersome, Morley, Leeds LS27 7LE

Boston County Court Boston F. P. Court Bourne F. P. Court Grantham County Court Grantham F. P. Court Skegness & Boston F. P. Court Skegness County Court Spalding F. P. Court Lincoln County Court Lincoln F. P. Court Lincoln High Court

A11d Relate Lincolnshire Lincoln, Boston Michaella Ross 01522 787190

[email protected]

138 High Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN5 7PJ

Peterborough County Court Peterborough F. P. Court Cambridge County Court Cambridge F. P. Court A11e Cambridge Family

Mediation ServiceCambridge, Peterborough Sarah Fairbairn 01223


Essex House 71 Regent Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1AB

Hinckley F. P. Court Leicester County Court Leicester District High Court Leicester F. P. Court Loughborough F. P. Court Melton Mowbray F. P. Court

A11f Relate Leicester Leicester, Loughborough Caroline Byrne 0116 254

3011 [email protected] 83 Aylestone Road Leicester LE2 7LL

Birmingham County Court Birmingham District High Court Birmingham F. P. Court Dudley County Court Dudley F. P. Court Solihull F. P. Court Sutton Coldfield F. P. Court

A12a Relate Birmingham Birmingham, Dudley Georgina Watts 0121 643

[email protected]

111 Bishopsgate Street Birmingham B15 1ET

Walsall & Aldridge F. P. Court Walsall County Court Warley F. P. Court Wolverhampton County Court Wolverhampton F. P. Court

A12b Staffordshire Family Mediation Service

WalsallWolverhampton

Sue HollywoodRosemary McGregor

01827 314020

[email protected]

19 Victoria RoadTamworthB79 7HU

A12 Birmingham and the Black Country

A13 Coventry and Northampton

A11 Nottinghamshire Derbyshire Leicestershire and Lincolnshire

















Warwick F. P. Court Coventry County Court Coventry F. P. Court Leamington Spa F. P. Court Nuneaton F. P. Court

A13a Relate Coventry and Warwickshire

Coventry NuneatonWarwick

Jenny French 02476 225863 07741 293685 [email protected]

m.net

New House Hertford Place Coventry West Midlands CV1 3JZ

New House Hertford Place Coventry West Midlands CV1 3JZ

Kettering F. P. Court Northampton County Court Northampton F. P. Court Wellingborough F. P. Court Corby F. P. Court

A13b MediationMK Northampton Jane Jeavons 01908 231293

[email protected]

Acorn House 371 Midsummer Boulevard Central Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK9 3HP

Great Yarmouth F. P. Court Kings Lynn County Court Kings Lynn F. P. Court Lowestoft County Court Lowestoft F. P. Court Central, South & West Norfolk F. P. Court Norwich County Court Norwich F. P. Court Swaffham F. P. Court Bury St. Edmunds County Court Bury St. Edmunds F. P. Court

A14a Break - Families' House

Norwich, Kings Lynn, Bury st Edmunds and

South Lowestoft

Suzanne Bryant 01603 621702 07917 243057

[email protected]

Families' House 125 Ber Street Norwich Norfolk NR1 3EY

Ipswich County Court Ipswich F. P. Court Thetford F. P. Court Chelmsford County Court Chelmsford F. P. Court Colchester County Court Colchester F. P. Court Basildon F. P. Court Essex F. P. Court Southend County Court Southend F. P. Court

A14b Relate North Essex & East Herts

Chelmsford, Colchester,

Harlow, Ipswich, Basildon,

Southend on Sea,

Dawn Jenkins 07872 541982 07872 541982 [email protected]

m.net

11b Broomfield Road Chelmsford Essex

CM1 1SY

Hemel Hempstead F. P. Court Luton County Court Luton F. P. Court St Albans F. P. Court St Albans County Court Milton Keynes County Court Milton Keynes F. P. Court Watford County Court Watford F. P. Court Bedford County Court Bedford F. P. Court

A14c Spurgeons

BedfordLuton

Milton KeynesWatford

Michelle Jones 01902 877559 [email protected]

The WorkspaceAll Saints RoadWolverhampton

WV2 1EL

Banbury F. P. Court Central Buckinghamshire F. P. Court Hitchin County Court Harlow County Court Harlow F. P. Court Harlow F. P. Court Hertford County Court Hertford F. P. Court North & East Herts F. P. Court West Herts F. P. Court

A14dRelate Central and Northern Hertfordshire

Hitchin, Hatfield Austin Willett 01302 347481 [email protected] 9 Paynes Park, Hitchin

SG5 1EH

A14 Essex Suffolk Norfolk Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire

A15 Greater London











COVERING ALL THE LONDON COURTS A15

SPIP is provided in London by 6 providers: Camden Mediation, TV Edwards, MID Mediation, NRS, NE London FMS and NW London FMS. ALL ORDERS SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ORDER PROCESSING UNIT IN SURREY. Orders will be distributed to providers by service user postcode.

Across Greater London Shirley Jones

Tel 01372 749911 Fax 01372 749908

[email protected]

[email protected]

ALL ORDERS MADE IN LONDON COURTS MUST BE SENT TO: Surrey Family and Mediation Service SPIP-OPU Unit A, Aviary Court, 138 Miles Road, Epsom KT19 9AB

Brighton County Court Brighton F. P. Court Eastbourne County Court Eastbourne F. P. Court Hastings County Court Hastings, Bexhill, Battle and Rye F. P. Court Lewes County Court

A16a Core Assets Children's Services

LancingEastbourne Hayley Tucker 01903

753948 07500 881388 [email protected]

Unit 9B & 11BTriangle Business Centre, 95 Commerce Way, Lancing Business Park, Lancing BN15 8UP

Epsom County Court Epsom F. P. Court Guildford County Court Guildford F. P. Court Reigate County Court Staines County Court Staines F. P. Court

A16b Surrey Family & Mediation Services

Epsom, Woking, Guildford, Egham

Shirley Jones 01372 749911

[email protected]

[email protected]

Unit A, Aviary Court 138 Miles Road Epsom Surrey KT19 9AB

Chichester County Court Chichester F. P. Court Horsham County Court Horsham F. P. Court Mid Sussex F. P. Court Worthing County Court Worthing F. P. Court

A16c Spurgeons Worthing, Broadfield, Emma Trump 01902


The Workspace All Saints Road Wolverhampton West Midlands WV2 1EL

Sevenoaks F. P. Court Tunbridge Wells County Court Tunbridge Wells F. P. Court Dartford County Court Maidstone County Court Maidstone F. P. Court Medway County Court Medway F. P. Court North Kent F. P. Court

A17a Family ActionTonbridge, Dartford, Chatham

Tracy Banks 020 7254 6251

[email protected]

501-505 Kingsland road London E8 4AU

Sittingbourne F. P. Court Ashford County Court Canterbury County Court Canterbury F. P. Court Dover F. P. Court East Kent F. P. Court Folkestone F. P. Court Thanet County Court Thanet F. P. Court

A17b Core Assets Children's Services Kent Laura Ollis

Tel - 01795536550

[email protected]

Ground Floor, 2 Jubilee Way Euro Link Business Park Faversham Kent ME13 8JD

A16 Surrey and Sussex

A17 Kent








List prepared by Cafcass Commissioning and Partnerships Team April 2014Version 01: 2014 / 2015

Please report any inaccuracies or amendments by email to: [email protected] (please enter Directory List Alteration in the Subject heading)

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3.2 Family MediationFamily Mediation is a way of resolving disputes after separation or divorce. It can offer better outcomes than are available through a court dispute. There are other sorts of dispute resolution such as Collaborative Law.

Courts are expecting all parties to have attended a Mediation Information Assessment Meeting (MIAM) before they start court proceedings.

Courts can also order a MIAM as a contact activity during a case.

Attendance at a SPIP can be useful before mediation is tried.

To find a Family Mediation Provider in your area please use the following link.

www.gov.uk/looking-after-children-divorce

This website contains more information about legal aid, which is available in some cases to support mediation.

Cafcass does not commission or manage any mediation services – only accredited services are listed through the above link.



https://www.gov.uk/looking-after-children-divorce

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3.3 Child Contact Interventions

Description of serviceIn supervised contact of this type, families receive individual attention from the contact staff, contact is controlled in time, location and content, and a high level of observation and recording is possible. Contact staff will also work to influence and change behaviours in the light of their observations. The content of contact is recorded, and reviewed on completion, but no lengthy report is completed, nor are contact staff expecting to be called to court in any but exceptional circumstances. Centres will offer up to 12 hours of direct contact work. Cafcass will summarise progress for the court where required, and will comment on future contact.

There are two types of service available:

• Contact aimed to establish safe and beneficial contact, working particularly to modify defined aspects of parental behaviour, or helping children to express views and adapt, or both.

• Contact aimed to sustain a link while other issues are resolved. Contact is monitored for general and specific issues, but there is no work to influence and change behaviours, and recording is brief unless safety issues are involved.

Long term supervision of contact is not provided as it is rarely in a child’s best interests or within the timescales of the court.

Child Contact Interventions checklist for referrals to partner organisations



Assessment of case and risk

Towards sustaining or indirect contact

Towards safe and beneficial contact

Discussion with contact centre on case suitability and referral plan. Preparation of parents and child for contact. Agreement with Service Manager.

Referral to contact centre by Cafcass for specific service: Indirect contact Contact maintenance

Service user engages with SPIP and Getting it Right for Children. Mediation considered

Centre gives brief report to Cafcass on contact, frequency and issues arising – onward report to court.

Referral to supervised contact centre by Cafcass for specific service: Working with children towards contact Working with adults towards contact

Centre reports to court – onward report to Cafcass

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Cases suitable• Towards Safe and Beneficial Contact. This service is aimed at families where safe and beneficial contact is a reasonable aim – the aims for the intervention focus on the particular needs of the case moving towards independent contact. It can be used early in some cases (but not as a substitute for good prior assessment), with intractable cases (but only as a short term intervention) and in cases that have had risk (for example following successful engagement in a Domestic Violence Programme). In cases moving to safe and beneficial contact Cafcass should consider with the court and parties the appropriateness of a court ordered activity (Separated Parenting Information Programmes and Mediation Information Meetings) and this should be completed as early as possible so that the benefit can be reinforced through contact. In all cases a focus on future independent contact is important.

• Sustaining or indirect contact. This service is intended for cases awaiting resolution of safety issues – either following further investigation, finding of fact hearing, or attendance at a DVPP. This can include indirect contact or direct contact aimed at sustaining contact over a longer period.

Good practice ideas• Child Contact Interventions are available to Cafcass practitioners to make referrals where it is part of planned intervention for the family.

• Decision making and referral must be accompanied by good preparation of the family and child, and Service Manager agreement.

• The case should remain allocated to a practitioner and participation in planning, trouble-shooting and review with the provider is expected.

How to orderAll referrals should be made on the Cafcass referral form, available on the Cafcass intranet. Referral forms must be completed fully, particularly risk information; incomplete forms will be returned. Providers are not contracted to read case papers or to write assessment reports.

The provider list is by area – care should be taken when selecting a provider that access is as convenient as possible for the service user.

Cafcass only commissions contact from NACCC accredited providers, as listed in this Directory. Cafcass will not fund contact in un-accredited centres. Referrals or recommendations should not be made to un-accredited centres. The full list of NACCC accredited centres is available on their website at www.naccc.org.uk – Cafcass only commissions contact from those centres listed in our directory.

No referral should be made unless Cafcass is satisfied that it is safe and follows this checklist, this is Cafcass funded and agreed provision. Providers will decline cases that they assess to be unsafe for their service.



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Child Contact Interventions encourage parents to listen to their child’s views and to approach contact in ways that meet the child’s needs. The intervention will support parents and children, giving them ideas to enable and sustain safe and beneficial unsupervised contact. The interventions are undertaken by organisations working in partnership with Cafcass. They are mostly locally based and will have links to local communities and sources of support away from the courts. Cafcass’ partner organisations are all carefully assessed and work to standards that are accredited, and are equivalent to those of Cafcass.

Child Contact InterventionsThere are several types of intervention available: • Preparation of a child for contact – This might be appropriate to help a child with the reintroduction of contact, to ensure that their views are listened to. Work is likely to focus on meeting the child’s emotional needs. • Work with parents to prepare for contact – This might be appropriate to ensure that the child’s views are heard and responded to. Parent’s will be helped to understand the child’s needs and to work together to support the child. • Intervention and observation of contact – This might be appropriate to reassure and monitor the acceptance of contact by a child, as well as the parents’ responses. It might be used to help with the reintroduction of a child to contact.

• Sustaining contact – This might be appropriate where a relationship needs to be sustained, perhaps during a period where a parent is attending a contact activity programme and or an assessment of a parent is being undertaken. • Indirect contact – This might be appropriate as a stage towards direct contact, perhaps during a period of attending a programme and assessment by a parent.

Interventions can be with one or more children, working to meet their individual needs.

Child Contact Interventions are designed to help parents and children to establish safe and beneficial contact when this is difficult to do on their own. The interventions described in this factsheet are only available for cases in court, in which Cafcass is involved. The interventions are intended for families where independent safe and beneficial contact should be possible for them in the future; it is a short-term intervention. Where Cafcass recommends interventions to the court, these are funded by Cafcass.

Child Contact Interventions(Supervised and Supported Contact)

CAFCASS FACTSHEET


© Cafcass. Published March 2013

FeedbackPartner organisations do give feedback to Cafcass and to parents about what happens in contact. This information can be used to inform reports back to court. Partner organisations will also want to know about your and your child’s experience of their intervention. The feedback process will be explained before the intervention.

Referral for a Contact InterventionA Cafcass practitioner will talk with you about how a Child Contact Intervention might help in your case. Cafcass will make a referral to a chosen partner organisation, which will include information about your needs and those of your child. Cafcass has partnerships across England and will find a convenient location if possible. A court may make an order about the intervention and regarding the next steps.

Supported ContactThere is a network of Supported Contact Centres throughout England. These are voluntary centres and they offer a warm and supportive environment for children to have contact. These centres do not offer supervision or report on contact, and are intended only for families where safe and beneficial contact is agreed between the parents to be possible. More information about Supported Contact is available on the website of the National Association of Child Contact centres: www.naccc.org.uk. Cafcass will only work with centres that are NACCC accredited.

A Cafcass practitioner will

talk with you about how a Child Contact Intervention might help in your case.

Provider Name Venues for Programme delivery Main Contact Address Phone Number

E-mail For secure email (referrals & case related information) use cjsm address or Egress

Core Assets Children's Services Ltd.

Newcastle-upon-TyneRedhill, Cumbria (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Simon WakeSimon O'Meara

Units 4 & 5Lumley CourtDrum Industrial EstateChester-le-streetDH2 1AN

0191 410 [email protected]'[email protected]

Impact Family Services

Sunderland Newcastle

Lisa Arnell and Suzanne Teasdale

35 West SunnisideSunderlandSR1 1BU

0191 567 [email protected] [email protected]


DurhamStockton on Tees (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Simon WakeSimon O'Meara

Units 4 & 5Lumley CourtDrum Industrial EstateChester-Le-StreetDH2 1AN

0191 410 [email protected]'[email protected]

Impact Family Services Scarborough Sarah Carr and Helen

Evans

2 Pavilion SquareScarboroughYO11 2JN


Child Contact Intervention Providers: A1 Tyneside, Northumbria & Cumbria

Child Contact Interventions Providers: A2 Durham, Teeside & North Yorkshire

mailto:[email protected]'[email protected]









Impact Family Services Middlesbrough Lisa Arnell and

Suzanne Teasdale

35 West SunnisideSunderlandSR1 1BU


York FMS York Catharine MorrisNicola Walsh

Bintay House13 York RoadAcombYorkYO24 4LW


Caritas Didsbury Howard Bramwell

Caritas Diocesan of SalfordSalford Cathedral3 Ford StreetSalfordManchesterM3 6DP

0161 445 7790 07949232242

[email protected]


Ashton Under Lyne (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Andrea SwindlesChiz Onuora

The Former St Barnabas VicarageCarsdale RoadLiverpoolL18 1LZ


Pro Contact Salford Hannah Wilson

Pendleton HouseBroughton RoadSalfordM6 6LS


Child Contact Interventions: A3 Greater Manchester

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A4 South Yorkshire & Humberside














Hassle Sheffield, Doncaster (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Sarah Martin Julie Bates

7 Turnberry ParkGildersomeLS27 7LE

0113 [email protected] [email protected]

National Children's Centres

Sheffield Doncaster Barnsley

Clare HudsonSamantha Cashman

Brian Jackson HouseNew North ParadeHuddersfieldHD1 5JP



Morley (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Sarah Martin Julie Bates

7 Turnberry ParkGildersomeLS27 7LE


National Children's Centres

Huddersfield Leeds Bradford Wakefield

Clare HudsonSamantha Cashman

Brian Jackson HouseNew North ParadeHuddersfieldHD1 5JP


Child Contact Intervention Providers: A5 West Yorkshire

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A6 Hampshire & Isle of Wight




Isle of Wight Southampton Totton (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Madeliene Van WykKevin Harrison

Correspondence Address

Trelew Building Georgian HouseRydeIsle of WightPO33 2EW


The Roberts Centre Portsmouth Aldershot Southampton

Lisa SmithLouisa Mark

84 Crasswell StreetPortsmouthHampshireP01 1HT

02392 [email protected]@robertscentre.org.uk

Action for Children Services Ltd. Bristol - Fishponds Imogen Wright

Sandy Cheetham

Units 18 & 53 Easton Business CentreFelix RoadEastonBristolBS5 0HE

0117 9415896 07595 940075

[email protected]

Core Assets Childrens Services

Bristol, Woodley, Maisemore (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Gloucester/Bristol area - Andrew FreemanBerkshire area - Pauline Cairns

The Coach House, Osbourne House, Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 APX

Avon - 01823259385


Child Contact Intervention Providers: A7 Avon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire & Thames Valley










Insight (Mediationplus) Swindon Miranda Marsh

34 Milton RoadSwindonSN1 5JA


Ward Andrews Milton Keynes Donna Ward Andrew Carr

Church Farm House7 Mill LaneWoolstoneMilton KeynesMK15 0AJ


Relate, Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch

BournemouthPoundbury Angela Craven

1 Stratfield Saye 20-22 Wellington Road BournemouthBH8 8JN

01202 311231

[email protected]


Plymouth, Taunton, Cullompton,Bodmin (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Andrew FreemanLaura Harris

The Coach HouseOsborne House, Trull Road, TauntonTA1 4PX


Little House Contact Centre Exeter Exeter Julia Bayley

56 Longbrook StreetExeterEX4 6AS

01392 491 902 07720 740058 [email protected]

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A8 Cornwall, Devon, Somerset & Dorset












Relate Cornwall

St Austell and peripatetic service in community venues throughout Cornwall

Crystal Pearce

90 Tregonissey RoadSt AustellCornwallPL25 4DS

01726 74128 077142 07597 [email protected]


Carnforth, Liverpool, Warrington (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Andrea SwindlesChiz Onuora

The Former St Barnabas VicarageCarsdale RoadLiverpoolL18 1LZ


NYAS Liverpool Carol Bishop

Egerton HouseTower RoadBirkenheadCH41 1FN


St Josephs Family Centre Warrington Pauline Nevell

9 Museum StreetWarringtonCheshireWA1 1JA


Chapter 1 Preston Cathrine Thomas

Lancashire House24 Winckley SquarePrestonPR1 3JJ

01772 250208 07795677477 [email protected]

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A9 Cheshire and Merseyside & Lancashire







Grassroots Nelson Lesley Jenkinson

Unit 250Glenfield Park Business CentreBlakewater RoadBlackburn

01254 658911 07817 597128

[email protected]

Connect Contact Centres Telford Louise Harrison

11 Court StreetMadeleyTelfordTF7 5EB

01902 425475 Mob: 07855278307

[email protected]


Shrewsbury, Uttoxeter, Bromsgrove (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Hayley MassamLiz Gowans

Unit 5 Topaz Business ParkBromsgroveB61 0GD


YMCA North Staffordshire Relationship Services

Stoke Alison O'Donovan

YMCAWinton HouseStoke RoadSheltonST4 2RW

01782 275833

[email protected]

Action for Children Derbyshire

* The lead Provider for Derby & Chesterfield area

David Elliott45 Queen StreetChesterfieldS40 4SF


Child Contact Intervention Providers: A10 Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A11 Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire & Leicestershire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire
















* The Lead Provider for Mansfield, Leicester & Nottingham areas but also cover Derby & Chesterfield (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)





Peterborough (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Jo LentonSam Baldwin

Sorrel HouseClaydon Business ParkGipping RoadGreat BlakenhamIpswichSuffolkIP6 0NL


FamilyAction

* The lead Provider for Peterborough, South Holland, Lincolnshire & Cambridge areas

Julie Sturgeon

St Mary's ChurchNew RoadPeterboroughPE1 1TT

01733 55268307827988656

[email protected]

Connect Contact Centres Wolverhampton Louise Harrison

1 SouthgateOff Bath RoadWolverhamptonWV1 4PT

01902 425475 or 429639

EGRESS [email protected]

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A12 Birmingham & Black Country




mailto:[email protected]@coreassets.com.cjsm.net.






Dudley (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)




Spurgeons Family Centre

Wolverhampton Darlaston Solihull Birmingham (4)

Emma Trump Jas Rallowal

The WorkspaceAll Saints RoadWolverhamptonWV2 1EL 01902 877550

[email protected]/[email protected]

DMR Services Ltd.

Coventry, Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield, Northampton (including community venues and non resident parents houses subject to risk assessment)

David MillerJane CarterJo Mountford

102 Queslett Road East, StreetlySutton ColdfieldWest MidlandsB74 2EZ

0121 352 1844 07584 705664 [email protected]


Community activities and non resident parents houses ( subject to risk assessment)




Child Contact Intervention Providers: A13 National Business Centre, Coventry & Northamptonshire

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A14 Norfolk , Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire




mailto:[email protected]/[email protected]






Core Assets Children's Services Ltd. (Colchester & Ipswich)

Ipswich, Norwich, South end on Sea, Wendover (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Jo LentonSamantha Ashplant

Sorrel HouseClaydon Business ParkGipping RoadGreat BlakenhamIpswichSuffolkIP6 0NL


Families House (Break) Norwich Suzanne Bryant

Families House 125 Ber Street Norwich NR1 3EY

01603 621 702 07917 243057


SoS Domestic Abuse Projects Westcliff on Sea Sara Turner

Fledgelings21 West RoadWestcliff on SeaSouthend on SeaEssex


SpurgeonsFamilyCentre

Bedford Kempston Luton Mountfitchet Harlow

Emma Trump Jas Rallowal

Melbourne StreetBedford BedfordshireMK42 9AX

01902 877550

[email protected]/[email protected]

Allison Lodge Ltd. London N15 4NL Tottenham Lakmini Labrooy

6A Wakefield RoadTottenhamN15 4NL

0208 920 7850 0208 616 0282 07507644619

[email protected]

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A15 Greater London












Greenwich, SuttonLouise SuttonLaura Ollis

Ground Floor2 Jubilee WayEuro Link Business ParkFavershamME13 8JD

017955 [email protected]@coreassets.com.cjsm.net

NRS Child Contact Centre Lewisham Sarah Freitag

The Old Fire Station 340 Lewisham High Street LewishamSE13 6LE


Stephen's Place Children's Hammersmith Dalston

East London Shelley Mason

1a Ravenscourt RoadHammersmithLondonW6 0UH

020 8741 8020 07587 657807 [email protected]

St Vincent's Family Project Westminster Ionie Townsend

The Methodist Central HallStorey's GateLondonSW1H 9NH


Surrey Family & Mediation Services Epsom Pat Campain / Debbie

Wilton

Unit 8 Aviary Court 138 Miles Road EpsomKT19 9AB


Child Contact Intervention Providers: A16 Sussex and Surrey

Child Contact Intervention Providers: A17 Kent

mailto:[email protected]@coreassets.com.cjsm.net










Faversham (including community venues and non resident parents houses - subject to risk assessment)

Louise SuttonLaura Ollis

Ground Floor2 Jubilee WayEuro Link Business ParkFavershamME13 8JD

017955 [email protected]@coreassets.com.cjsm.net

Foundations: Supporting Families Chatham Rhiannon Singleton

28A Paddock House Rome TerraceChathamME4 4RE


List prepared by Cafcass Commissioning and Partnerships Team March 2014Version 01: 2014 / 2015Please report any inaccuracies or amendments by email to: [email protected] (please enter Contact Activity List Alteration in the Subject heading)



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3.4 Supported ContactSupported contact is delivered by voluntary organisations, some of which (200) receive grant funding from Cafcass. These centres are intended for short term intervention with cases that do not contain any risk. Referrals should be in line with the Revised Protocol agreed between National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) and the President of the Family Division1.

Referrals to supported centres can be made from the listing on the NACCC website. Cafcass does not work with any centre that is not listed by NACCC, and does not monitor or quality assure the work of supported contact centres. Cafcass practitioners do not routinely make referrals to contact centres – there is a route for service users to do this via the NACCC website.



1Revised protocol for referrals of families to supported child contact centres by judges and magistrates 2nd July 2010. Available on www.cafcass.gov.uk

http://www.naccc.org.uk/

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3.5 Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes

Description of ServiceDVPPs are designed for use in cases where domestic violence has been identified as a concern. DVPP is a group programme for men to develop their skills and understanding, enabling them to:

• Improve their relationship with their ex-partner and where relevant, their current partner.

• Ensure, as far as is possible, their use of violence and abusive behaviour towards a partner is not repeated.

• Develop safe, positive parenting.

• Increase their awareness of themselves and the effect of the domestic violence on their ex- partner and children.

• Resolve conflicts in intimate relationships non-abusively.

• DVPP groups are of between 8-12 men, take place outside working time and weekly sessions last for between two and 2.5 hours over about six months. Every DVPP has a parallel service that supports partners and ex-partners at risk from domestic violence and this service is offered to the partner and ex-partner of any man assessed for the DVPP.

• In all cases ordered by the courts DVPP providers will assess an individual’s suitability for the programme. Cafcass is available to provide advice to the court about the suitability and appropriateness of requiring participation in DVPP, and the management of contact during and after DVPP, depending on progress.

• The DVPP reports back to Cafcass on attendance, participation and significant changes in risk during attendance and at the end of the programme, thus enabling this information to be reported to the court as required.

DVPP providers are drawn from the voluntary sector and Probation Trusts; in all cases group participants will be from varied pathways.

Cases suitable• DVPP is intended for cases where there is a medium/low level of risk. Criteria are set out in the Cafcass referral guidance, available on the Cafcass website. In all cases there must be a reasonable prospect that successful group attendance will lead to safe and beneficial contact.

• Child contact must be safe and appropriate before, during, and following any DVPP, in line with the child’s welfare, also taking account of the safety needs of the other parent. Relevant guidance about these types of cases is set out in ‘Contact and Domestic Violence’ (Sturge and Glaser; Fam Law Sept 2000) and the Practice Direction: Residence and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm (14th January 2009).



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Good practice ideas• Safe management of contact can be assured by the use of a Child Contact Intervention – indirect or sustaining contact, or observed contact where reintroduction is the goal.

• Attendance at a DVPP is a first step towards risk reduction. Participants need to have a strong mandate to attend and to know that their responses to the programme could have an effect on child contact.

• Participants need to have at least some motivation to attend. Participants that are completely in denial or are not motivated are unlikely to be assessed as suitable.

• The DVPP provider will deliver the group work and women’s support services. It is best practice for Cafcass to maintain a proportionate level of interest in the case, and to advise the court where necessary about contact.

• In some cases providers are accredited to deliver sessions 1-1 and this can be useful in cases with language needs or learning needs. Availability of 1-1 sessions is noted on the provider list.

• There is no accredited service available for women perpetrators at present.

How to orderThe Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme (DVPP) is delivered in Private Law cases in the Family Courts, under sections 11A-G Children Act 1989 (as amended by the Children and Adoption Act 2006) as a court ordered activity. Cafcass practitioners can be ordered to assess cases for suitability and for programme availability.

The Cafcass guidance on referrals should be consulted for full details of referral pathways – please see website address at the foot of this page.

The provider list is by area – care should be taken when selecting a provider that access is as convenient as possible for the service user. Cafcass will fund reasonable travel costs where the provider identifies that the travel to groups could cause hardship.

The DVPP is free to any participants ordered to attend by court in Private Law cases.



The Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme (DVPP) aims to help people, who have been abusive towards their partners or ex-partners, change their behaviour and develop respectful, non-abusive relationships. Taking part in a DVPP can make a real difference to the lives of those involved, including children who have been affected. But it can be challenging and the court will make decisions about contact based on the progress a participant makes during the programme. In most cases Cafcass will assess a person’s suitability for the programme and whether it is available locally and, following the court order, will make a referral.

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme

CAFCASS FACTSHEET

About the programme* The programme is mostly run in groups so that you have a chance to learn from and support each other. * The sessions take place weekly or fortnightly and the number of group sessions that you will need to attend varies depending on the provider – the average is 28 sessions. It is important you are able to attend the whole course to demonstrate your commitment to changing your behaviour. * All DVPPs provide a Women’s Support Service to give separate support to your former and current partners. * The other group members attending the programmes might be there on a voluntary basis, working with a local authority, or ordered to attend by a court. * The programmes are run by local or national organisations, which are accredited by Respect, or by Probation Trusts.

A DVPP might be appropriate when:* There is a pattern of acknowledged or proven domestic violence. * You are able to accept responsibility for the violence in your relationships, and show a willingness to want to change the way you behave. * The level of risk is not too high and is such that, upon successful completion of the course, safe and beneficial contact with your children is a realistic aim.

* You are ready and able to work with a group. * As a Cafcass service user, your suitability to take part in a DVPP will be assessed by Cafcass and the DVPP provider and must be ordered by the court.

The CourseThere is usually some introductory work to prepare for the group sessions.

The group programme will help you to change your behaviour and make decisions without resorting to violence or abuse. Groups are often arranged in modules on particular themes and will help you to:

* learn about the effects and consequences of domestic abuse on your partner and family. * participate in group sessions with other individuals who have behaved in a similar way. * talk openly about your behaviour and the people affected by it. * identify the beliefs and attitudes which underpin violence and abuse. * cope with your behaviour and feelings in difficult situations. * learn how to react without being abusive. * learn about respect and responsible parenting. * learn to understand and want to change your behaviour.


© Cafcass. Published April 2014

In order to attend the programme you must:* sign a consent form to allow the DVPP provider to share information about you with your victim and / or partner, and agree not to interfere with this contact. * accept that we will be in contact with the police and local authority and other appropriate parties. * stop being violent or abusive to anyone, especially your partner or ex-partner and any children involved. * arrive on time and complete all sessions in full. * take part in the group exercises. * arrive with a clear head, and not under the influence of drugs, alcohol or solvents. * treat tutors and other group members with respect. * respect the confidentiality of other participants.

FeedbackCourse providers report back to Cafcass during and on completion of the programme to inform us of a person’s progress, or about any significant safety concerns that may have been identified. These reports form part of Cafcass’ assessments about contact and can be part of the evidence which we provide to court, prior to it making a decision about contact. DVPP staff do not make decisions about contact.

To take part in a DVPP Course:The providers who run the DVPP are listed on the Cafcass website (www.cafcass.gov.uk). Cafcass only works with accredited providers and we are working to ensure that there are providers in all areas in England. You can talk to a Cafcass practitioner, or directly with a DVPP Provider for more information.

There is no charge for Cafcass service users to take part in a DVPP when this is ordered by the court as a ‘contact activity’ in private law cases concerning contact and residence issues for children.

For further information and details of the programme you can request a leaflet from your local provider. More information about the programme is also available on the Cafcass website: www.cafcass.gov.uk.

The programme will help you make decisions and behave without resorting to violence or abuse.

Provider Main Address Phone Number Main Contact - Referrals E-mail Venue DVPP Delivery

Barnardo's South Tyneside Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme (STDAPP)

Barnardo'sStanhope ParadeSouth ShieldsTyne & WearNE33 4BA

0191 4553027 Karen Sibbald [email protected] Barnardo'sStanhope ParadeSouth ShieldsTyne & WearNE33 4BA

Barnardo's DVPP

Orchard House Buston Terrace Jesmond Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 2JL

0191 2404800 Helen Eltringham [email protected] Orchard House Buston Terrace Jesmond Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 2JL

Cumbria Probation Trust

Cumbria Probation Trust HQLime HouseThe GreenWetheralCarlisleCA4 8EW

01228 560 057 Jon Lear [email protected] Carlisle Barrow in Furness/ Kendal Workington

Northumbria Probation Trust

Dene HouseDurham RoadGatesheadNE9 5AE

0191 261 9091 0191 478 8177

Peter Walton [email protected]; [email protected]

Newcastle-upon-TyneGateshead

Barnardo's South Tyneside Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme (STDAPP)

Barnardo'sStanhope ParadeSouth ShieldsTyne & WearNE33 4BA

0191 4553027 Karen Sibbald [email protected] Barnardo'sStanhope ParadeSouth ShieldsTyne & WearNE33 4BA

Barnardo's DVPP

Orchard House Buston Terrace Jesmond Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 2JL

0191 2404800 Helen Eltringham [email protected] Orchard House Buston Terrace Jesmond Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 2JL

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A1: Tyneside, Northumbria and Cumbria

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A2: Durham, Teeside and North Yorkshire



Provider Main Address Phone Number Main Contact - Referrals E-mail Venue DVPP Delivery Harbour Support

Services15 Whitburn StreetHartlepoolTS24 7QR

01429 27011007791 093497

Emma Goding [email protected] HartlepoolStocktonMiddlesbroughRedcar

York & North Yorkshire Probation Trust

Tedco Business WorksHenry Robson WaySouth ShieldsNE33 1RF

01609 7722 71 0777156 2970

Pauline Wilkinson [email protected]

North Yorkshire - York and Harrogate Scarborough




Relate Greater Manchester

346 Chester RoadManchesterM16 9EZ

0161 877 8264 / 0161 872 1100

Dave Potts Belinda Priestly

[email protected];[email protected]

Greater Manchester

Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company

5th Floor Oakland HouseTalbot RoadManchesterM16 0PQ

03000 478 899 Nicola Fraser Jim Robson Jennifer Simpson

[email protected] / [email protected]/ [email protected]

Greater Manchester

National Children's Centre

Brian Jackson HouseNew North ParadeHuddersfieldWest YorkshireHD1 5JP

01484 519988 Sarah Shooter

[email protected]

Huddersfield West Yorkshire

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A3: Relate Greater Manchester South

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A4: West Yorkshire Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A5: West Yorkshire








The Hampton Trust Chubut SuiteAshurst LodgeAshurstSouthamptonSO40 7AA

02381 157 065 07779 99 99 50

Jan Howell Sandy Williams

[email protected] Hampshire Basingstoke Isle of Wight Havant

Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Rehabilitation Company

1st FloorCromwell House15 Andover RoadWinchesterSO23 7EZ

01962 842 202 Jo Inge Svendsen

Email referrals to this address

[email protected]

[email protected]

SouthamptonPortsmouthBasingstoke

Domestic Violence Intervention Project

DVIP 3rd Floor Devonshire House 164-168 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7RW

0207 593 0027 Claire Lee [email protected] SloughBerkshire Barnet East and South East London

Splitz Support Service

Oak HouseEpsom SquareTrowbridge Wiltshire BA14 OXG

The Withywood Centre Queens Road Bristol BS13 8QA

01225 777724 01225 775 276 07973 526 880 0117 964 1060 07587 770 048

Mike Bedford Charlotte Robson

[email protected] WiltshireGloucesterCheltenham

Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset & Wiltshire Community Rehabilitation Company

Centenary House150 Victoria RoadSwindonSN1 3UZ

07736 869 881/ 01793 536 612

James Fuller Karen Graham

[email protected]; [email protected]

Swindon Trowbridge Salisbury Chippenham

Gloucestershire Probation Trust

Twyver HouseBruton WayGloucesterGL1 1PB

01452 389200 Jane Knott Bethany Jones


Gloucester

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A6 Hampshire & Isle of Wight

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A7: Avon, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Buckinghamshire and Thames Valley





Dorset, Devon & Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Company

Poole Centre63 Commercial RoadPooleBH14 0JB

01202 30721201202 307251 07919 572 556

Kay Russell [email protected] Bournemouth Poole Dorset County

AHIMSA Ltd 6 Victoria Place Millbay Road Plymouth PL1 3LP

01752 213535 Justin Hamill Val Cadogan

[email protected] Devon and CornwallPlymouth

Devon & Cornwall Probation Trust

Queens HouseLittle Queen StreetExeterEX4 3LJ

01872 326 250 Neal Bennett [email protected] TruroExeter Plymouth Bodmin Torquay Camborne

Merseyside Probation Trust

6-8 Temple CourtLiverpoolMerseysideL2 6PY

0151 229 2000 Katherine Woods [email protected] LiverpoolSt HelensWirralBootle

InPACT Knowsley Domestic Violence Support Services

First Step CentrePeatwood AvenueKirkbyMerseysideL32 7PR

0151 548 3333 07890 908 369

Nina George [email protected] Kirkby

Lancashire Probation Trust

50 Avenham Street Preston Lancashire PR1 3BN

01772 552 700 Louise Smith Gurjit Johal Craig Mountford

[email protected]/ [email protected]/ [email protected]

BurnleyBlackburnPreston

Cheshire & Greater Manchester Community Rehabilitation Company

Jupiter HouseJupiter DriveChester West Employment ParkChesterCH1 4QS

01244 665100 For referrals contact Tina Ledwith Steven Hulse


Cheshire Chester Runcorn

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A8: Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A9: Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire









MY Time CIC172 Herbert RoadSmall HeathBirminghamB10 0PR

0121 7664925 Jayne Hawkins [email protected] Worcester Telford (Subject to Demand)

Arch (North Staffs) Ltd

308 London Road Stoke-on-Trent ST4 5AB

01782 222411 07889 535 941 07889 535 936 07889 535 943

Kate Howard [email protected]

Stoke on Trent

Staffordshire & West Midlands Community Rehabilitation Company

2nd Floor5 St Philip's PlaceBirmingham B3 2PW

02476 838 318 0121 329 7917

Mark Walton Joanne Owen


Stafford Burton

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire & Rutland Community

Nottingham Probation Trust HQ Marina RoadNottingham NG7 1TP

0115 840 6489 Helen AllenRichard Allin

[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Nottingham

Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire & Rutland Community Rehabilitation Company

2 St John StreetLeicesterLE1 3WL

0116 262 0400 Mark Gardner Andrew Chivers


Leicester

Lincolnshire Probation Trust

8 Corporation Street Lincoln Lincolnshire LN2 1HN

01522 510 011 Joanne Oliver Graham Baker


LincolnBoston

Cambridge & Peterborough Probation Trust

2nd FloorGoodwin HouseGeorge StreetHuntingdonPE29 3BD

03000 477 000 03000 477433 0300 477 230

Abbie Miles [email protected] CambridgeHuntingdonPeterborough

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A10: Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A11: Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire

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02476 838 318 0121 329 7917



BirminghamWolverhamptonWalsall

MY Time CIC 172 Herbert RoadBirminghamB10 0PR

0121 7664925 Jayne Hawkins [email protected] Birmingham



02476 838 318 0121 329 7917



Coventry

BeNCH Community Rehabilitation Company

Luton Programmes Office23 -27 Napier RoadLutonLU1 1RF

01582 542466 01234 227 570

Kelly Northwood (Referrals)

Ruth Simons (Programmes Manager)

[email protected] Kettering and Wellingborough

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A12: Birmingham, the Black Country

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A13: National Business Centre, Coventry and Northampton






BeNCH Community Rehabilitation Company

Luton Programmes Office23 -27 Napier RoadLutonLU1 1RF

01582 735153

07939 608811

Kelly Northwood (Referrals)

Ruth Simons (Programmes Manager)

[email protected] Luton Bedford

Relate North Essex and East Herts.

11b Broomfield RoadChelmsfordEssexCM1 1SY

01245 258 680 Tania Woodgate [email protected] Harlow Tendring Chelmsford Southend Colchester Basildon Braintree

Essex Probation Cullen Mill49 Braintree RoadWithamCM8 2DD

01702 337998 Jo Routh [email protected] Harlow Chelmsford Grays Colchester Basildon Southend

Norfolk & Suffolk Community Rehabilitation Company

Peninsular House 11-13 Lower Brook Street Ipswich IP4 1AQ

01603 724 000 01473 408 130

Richard Clarke Marea Atkinson


Norwich, Kings Lynn Bury St Edmunds Ipswich

Domestic Violence Intervention Project

3rd Floor, Devonshire House 164-168 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7RW

020 7593 0027 Claire Lee [email protected] London W6 0UH London E8 1AS Referrals accepted from all London Boroughs

London Community Rehabilitation Company

151 Buckingham Palace RoadLondonSW1W 9SZ

0207 428 8430 03000 480 467 077177 66 381

Dermot Brady Jill Waters


Great Dover Street Camden and Islington Referrals accepted from all London Boroughs

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A15: Greater London

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A14: Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire







0207 428 8430 03000 480 467 077177 66 381



Great Dover Street Camden and Islington

Kent, Surrey & Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company

4th Floor Invicta HouseTrafalgar PlaceBrightonBN1 4FR

01273 627800

Edd Yeo

[email protected] Redhill Crawley Guildford Chichester Staines Worthing

Kent, Surrey & Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company

Chaucer House25 Knightrider StreetMaidstoneKentME15 6ND

03000 47318903000 473166

Sue Hollins [email protected] [email protected]

Medway Strood Sittingbourne Maidstone Canterbury Margate Thanet



0207 428 8430 03000 480 467 077177 66 381



Great Dover Street Camden and Islington

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A17: Kent

List prepared by Cafcass Commissioning and Partnerships Team March 2014Version 01: 2014 / 2015Please report any inaccuracies or amendments by email to: [email protected] (please enter Contact Activity List Alteration in the Subject heading)

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes A16: Surrey and Sussex




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