Barnardos Family Support Service (Southill)

Specific attention is given to those families where child protection concerns exist, to families with ongoing health and welfare problems and/or families in once off or occasional crisis situations.

This service identifies the needs of parents and children in the areas.

It specifically focuses on improving parenting skills and child/parent relationships in order to reduce subsequent difficulties with children such as early school leavers, anti-social behaviour, etc.

It works in partnership with other agencies to develop targeted programmes for specific packages of interventionfor highly at risk older children and for children involved in anti-social behaviour.

It provides services to vulnerable children and their families and the wider community that have a primary preventative focus.