Services WE DELIVER From Cafcass

ICFA

Improving Child and Family Arrangements (ICFA) is the service designed by Cafcass and delivered by organisations across the country to help families agree safe, beneficial, and sustainable spending time with arrangements when they are finding it difficult to do so on their own. South West Family Services undertakes ICFA work on behalf of Cafcass,

ICFA is a service for families involved in private law proceedings and can be referred by the Family Court Advisor (Cafcass Officer) whilst in court but it is only available when a court makes an order for it. We offer an alternative range of services for parents who need support with co-parenting if you do not quality for the ICFA intervention. 

Enabling Family Time

Spending time together is important for children and families, especially during times of change and when the family court is involved. Enabling Family Time is a short, child‑focused service commissioned by Cafcass on behalf of the Ministry of Justice which we are part of delivering with Families across our area. it has been introduced to provide a clearer, more focused approach that supports children to experience safe and meaningful time with parents or other important adults at the right point in family court proceedings. 

The service is designed to help children spend meaningful time with a parent they do not live with, or another adult who is important to them, when families are involved in private law family court proceedings. 

Our goal is to create a safe, calm and neutral space where children can connect or reconnect and rebuild relationships with their parent or another important adult in a way that feels supportive and positive. 

This service is only available when a Family Court Adviser (FCA) from Cafcass is working with your family and assesses that Enabling Family Time is in the best interests of the child/children and will benefit the family. 

Full Details on the Cafcass website are available here