Post Adoption Service
Barnardos provides a specialist therapeutic service to children, and teenagers who are adopted both internationally and domestically - and their parents.
Services are also provided to adopted adults and their birth families.
The service is available regionally via three centres:
- Dublin: 23/24 Buckingham Street Lower Dublin 1. Tel: (01) 8134100
- Cork: Blackmore House, Meade Street, Cork. Tel: (021) 4310591
- Galway: “The Sanctuary”, 27 Chois Clair, Claregalway, Co Galway. Tel: (091) 454489
What services are provided?
- A therapeutic service for adopted children, teenagers and their families
- A national, confidential helpline and email advisory service available twice weekly and professionally staffed
- Advisory sessions for adoptive parents. Parents may have questions about attachment, school issues, sharing background information and identity development among many other issues
- Group work with children and teenagers
- Group support and training for adoptive parents.
- Specialist training on adoption issues for professional groups such as teachers
- Support groups for adopted adults and birth mothers (Next Birth Mothers Group will commence on 1st April 2019. For more info please contact Barnardos Post Adoption Service via (01) 8134100 or patricia.white1@barnardos.ie)
- A counselling/psychotherapy service for adopted adults and birth family members who are referred by Tusla
Barnardos Post Adoption service is funded by TUSLA the Child and Family Agency, through donations from clients and training income.
Contact Barnardos Post-Adoption Service
Barnardos Post Adoption Service, 23/24 Lower Buckingham Street, Dublin 1
(+353 1) 813 4100 adoption@barnardos.ie
Helpline: (01) 454 6388 (Open 10am - 1pm, every Tuesday & Thursday)
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