Barnardos Central Services

While much of our work happens at the heart of local communities Barnardos also runs a variety of national central services to provide further support to children, parents and families:

Barnardos Bereavement Counseling for Children

Barnardos Bereavement Counselling service supports children and families at a very challenging time of their lives providing counselling and support for children who have lost someone close to them. More...

Guardian ad Litem Service

This service provides an independent voice to represent children’s needs, wishes and interests in court proceedings, often in adversarial circumstances where children are very vulnerable. More...

Barnardos' Post Adoption Service

Adoption affects many people in Ireland. Our service offers advice and information for these people. This could be, for example, an adopted person searching for their birth parent. More...

Origins Information and Tracing Service

A service specifically to aid adults, who spent any part of their childhood in reformatory or industrial schools, in tracing their family origins. More...

Vetting Service

At the request of the Office of the Minister for Children, Barnardos assists in the processing of Garda Vetting applications for certain childcare organisations. More...

Barnardos' Training and Resource Service

Our resource service helps parents and professionals working in the childcare field, by providing high-quality training, advice and information services, and through its highly-valued publications. Please click on the section called 'Training & Resources' on the left-hand navigation or just click here to be brought to the resource service.

About Barnardos

Barnardos supports children whose well-being is under threat, by working with them, their families and communities and by campaigning for the rights of children. Barnardos was established in Ireland in 1962 and is Ireland's leading independent children's charity.