Contact with Parents, Carers and Significant Others

We encourage contact between young people and their parents, legal guardian and any other person with whom they were living before being admitted to secure accommodation, subject to any prevailing Court Orders either permitting or restricting contact.  Contact is encouraged via visits, telephone calls and letters.  Priority is given to those visitors who have the potential to make a positive contribution to the welfare of the young person, as agreed within the Initial Planning Meeting and monitored by the case group of staff responsible for the placement/ training plan. The young person will be given the opportunity to express his/her views and feelings about contact and these will be taken into account, having regard to his/her understanding.