Describe a typical day. I liaise with professionals who refer families to the centre and arrange times and dates for clients to visit. I co-ordinate volunteer teams and organise their training. I also work with the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) and hopefully obtain funding.
What other agencies, and who else in your organisation, do you work with? I work with the NACCC, solicitors, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), the courts, social workers, and women's refuges and similar organisations. I also work with other child contact centre co-ordinators and the volunteers.
How did you end up in this job? I attended a meeting to talk about setting up a child contact centre and following the meeting was asked if I would consider becoming co-ordinator. I am a retired special needs teacher and before that I was in nursing. I had a background working with children and families.
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