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The Transitions Family Visitation Center is a service that provides a trained monitor in a secure location to facilitate court-ordered or court referred supervised visitation between parents and their children. Parent visits with a child are scheduled in one hour sessions each week. Services are provided at the Transitions Family Visitation Center in Liberty, Missouri.

What does a Transitions volunteer do?

A Clay County Transitions volunteer is a trained individual that is designated to provide court-referred supervised visitation between a non-custodial parent and the child, so that a healthy relationship can be built between the child and visiting parent.

1. Interest in children, parents, and their rights and special needs.
2. Time to devote to a training session, and a commitment of at least one year.
3. Ability to work with children and parents using tact, concern and basic human relations skills.
4. Ability to communicate verbally and in-writing...making verbal and written visitation comments, to the Court, to the program director, and other persons as needed.

1. Attend initial 2 hour training session.
2. Agree to supervise at least four parent/child visits a year.
3. Agree to show up and supervise the visit at the designated time and location for the eight-week visitation, allowing two hours of their time.
4. Observe confidentiality of all information.
5. Be available Wednesday or Thursday evenings, 5:00-8:00 pm.
6. Report any problems or situations to the Program Director.
7. Provide assistance between the child and parent during the visit, if necessary.