All visits take place onsite in our office. Parents are given different arrival and departure times and use different building entrances to optimize the safety of all parties.
Observations by trained staff are conducted during all visits are documented accordingly and are reported to referral sources (if applicable) monthly. Parent orientations are conducted individually. Separate, age-appropriate orientations are recommended for children to increase their comfort when coming to HFCS. HFCS will try to provide services that comply with court-ordered parenting time schedules. However, HFCS staff and facility availability will, ultimately, determine services offered. HFCS staff will work with both parents separately to determine a schedule for supervised visitations that fits with the parents' schedules. Parents have staggered arrival and departure times and use separate entrances to the buildings to ensure that they do not have any visual or auditory contact with each other while at HFCS.
All visits are supervised by specially trained staff. HFCS makes every effort to accommodate the schedules of parents, children and court orders when scheduling visits. At times, schedules and court orders may have to be adjusted to fit with HFCS hours, staff availability, and other previously scheduled visits. Parents should expect to wait approximately one week after both orientations are completed before the initial visit.
Therapeutic Supervised Visitation:
Effective January 1, 2015, Standard 5.20 was amended to conform to the requirements enacted under Family Code section 3200.5 in 2013. In addition, therapeutic supervised visitation was eliminated as a type of supervised visitation provider and as a provision of service. We have noticed some are still receiving this order from the court system as they may be unaware of this change and, in turn, still ordering this service. If they wish for therapy to occur, they should order Reunification Therapy, Child Therapy and/or Family Therapy separate from your visits. The same person who provides one service cannot provide another. For example, your monitor cannot also be your therapist.