Trait d’Union Valais

Accompanied visits:

• is a method of restricting personal relations, implemented only if there are concrete indications that the child’s welfare is at risk.
• Its aim is to enable the child to maintain a link with his or her parent(s) under the guidance and supervision of professionals, so that he or she can learn to live with the specific characteristics and limitations of the parent(s) (psychological difficulties, problems of dependency, impaired cognitive ability, abuse, etc.).
• is a tool for protecting the child and managing the parent-child relationship.
• is decided by the child and adult protection authorities (APEA) and implemented by a child protection worker (IPE).
• is set up in the event of abuse, neglect, various problems (mental disorder, addiction, etc.) or a high-conflict separation. The IPE sets the framework and objectives for the visits, monitors progress and draws up reports for the APEA.
• is visitation rights with the constant presence of an accompanying professional according to objectives and procedures defined by the child’s curator.

Address:

Association le Trait d’Union

VAPE

1950 Sion