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At Bell Care Family Visitation, we are dedicated to creating a nurturing, stimulating and welcoming environment for all children.

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Bell Care Family Visitation Services conducts professional supervised child visits, monitoring and exchanges for non custodial parents at the advisement of a court order.

Supervised visits are ordered if there is or  has been a history of the following:

• Allegations of physical, emotional or sexual abuse, domestic violence or molestation.​​

• The potential that the non-custodial parent will abduct or kidnap the child​.

• Allegations of drug abuse or alcoholism​​​​.

• ​The concern of mental illness.       

• The parent has been absent from the child’s life for a significant period of time.​

Our Role

• ​Maintain confidentiality and neutrality.

• Ensure that the court's directives are followed.

• Monitor safety of all participants at visits.

• Relay relevant information relating to the child's welfare between the custodial parent and the noncustodial parent at the commencement and conclusion of supervised contact.​

• Facilitate appropriate visit interaction, if necessary.​

• Effectively communicate with program staff on issues related to family dynamics.​

• Provide constructive feedback, correction, or redirection to the parties as necessary.​

• Testify in formal court hearings, when appropriate.​

• Suspend or terminate any visit in which the safety of participants or staff cannot be maintained.

​Bell Care Family Visitation Services follow the proper protocol for the safety of the child and parent.  ​"A safe environment ensures a healthy and happy experience for all."

Our Responsibility:

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• Protect the confidentiality of the child and parent who receive program services to the extent required by law.  

• To maintain records according to the "Minimum Standards and protecting location information regarding victims of domestic violence and their children.

• Refrain from discussing individual cases except in formal court proceedings, with program staff, or pursuant to program policies with lawyers, social services agencies or parties to the case. ​

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