Practical Family Time Guide
Clear, Calm Guidance for Family Time and Supervised Contact
Practical resources for parents, foster carers, and professionals supporting children through family time with clarity, care, and child-centred practice.
The Family Time
Support Series
Books and practical resources for child-centred family time.
Child-centred · UK practice
Who this support is for
Three roles. One clear purpose. Helping the adults around family time support children with care, structure, and understanding.
01
Parents
Understand the process, prepare for contact, and support your child within agreed boundaries. Explore Parent Guidance.
02
Foster Carers
Support children before and after family time with steadiness, routine, and child-centred care. Explore Foster Carer Guidance.
03
Professionals
Build stronger practice in planning, observation, recording, and supervised family-time. Explore Professional Guidance.
Books for each role.
Guidance with the child in mind.
The Family Time Practice Series is a practical collection of child-centred books for the people who make family time happen: workers, parents, foster carers, kinship carers and the professionals around them. Together, the books support safer preparation, clearer boundaries, stronger recording, more thoughtful communication and a better understanding of what children may experience before, during and after family time.
About the Author
Katarzyna Scibior
I am a family worker and contact supervisor with over 15 years of experience supporting children, parents, carers, and professionals around family time and supervised contact in the UK.
Family time can be one of the most emotionally demanding parts of a child’s experience. I created these resources to make the process easier to understand, more thoughtful in practice, and more supportive for the children at the centre of it.
My work is grounded in child-centred support, clear communication, and practical guidance for parents, foster carers, and professionals navigating complex situations. This website brings together books and resources designed to support safer, more meaningful family time.
Free Resources
Short, practical pieces to read before choosing to buy a book.
What to expect at supervised contact
A plain-language explanation for parents and carers.
Boundaries that help
Age-sensitive ideas for before and after family time.
Supporting sibling connections
Helping children settle and process big feelings.
Recording well
Factual, clear recording tips for workers.
Contact & Enquiries
For general publishing, media, resource, and bulk-order enquiries, please reach out via email.
Please do not send personal case details, safeguarding concerns or information that identifies a child or family.
Email me at: familytimesupport@gmail.com