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) 2038005
• Galway: “The Sanctuary”, 27 Chois Chlair, Claregalway, Co Galway. Tel: (091) 454489
  
  

Barnardos Post Adoption Service is continuing to offer services throughout the current health crisis. We cannot meet with all of our clients face to face at the moment but our experienced staff are offering online counselling and support sessions to adopted teenagers and children and their parents, as well as adopted adults and birth family members. Our phones continue to be staffed in our three centres and you are most welcome to phone us or email us at adoption@barnardos.ie.

Due to the particular upset many people are experiencing at the moment we are having an additional online support group for adopted adults at 10.30am on Friday 19th February. Please email the service at adoption@barnardos.ie if you would like to be invited and a link will be sent nearer the time.

Post Adoption Events

What services are provided?

• A therapeutic service for adopted children and 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. Parenting consultations and support via Skype can also be arranged to assist parents who may be living at a distance from our centres.
• Group work with children and teenagers.
• Group support and training for adoptive parents.
• Specialist training on adoption issues for professional groups such as teachers. Classroom workshop.
• Support groups for adopted adults and birth mothers.
• 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. Barnardos Post Adoption Service is accredited by the Adoption Authority of Ireland under the Adoption Act 2010.

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Barnardos Post Adoption Service provides support and advice to parents who have adopted from abroad, adopted adults and birth parents; as well as providing a direct service to children. We offer support groups, workshops, training courses and individual support. Sign up to our email alerts to be kept informed about upcoming events and Barnardos' work.