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Pause Sunderland
About this service
Pause works with women who have experienced and are at risk of repeated pregnancies that result in children needing to be removed from their care. Pause works directly with women, so that no woman should ever have to experience the removal of a child more than once. We offer an intensive, 18-month voluntary programme of support. We work systemically and build a trusting relationship with the woman and her network. We work at the woman’s pace and she decides what areas she would like to focus on. The woman works with her allocated practitioner to build a bespoke package of support.
This service is available for birth families in
Sunderland
Contact details
- This service is provided by Barnardos
- https://www.barnardos.org.uk/get-support/services/pause-north-east-sunderland
- 20 Bewick Road, Gateshead, NE8 4DP
- PauseNorthEast@barnardos.org.uk
Who is the service for?
- The child’s birth mother (or pregnant mother)
At what point in the adoption process is support available? When adoption is:
- Has taken place
What support is available?
- Advocacy support to help birth family members get their views across when dealing with children’s services and other official agencies
- Support groups for birth families affected by adoption
- Support for birth family members to access adoption records and information held by children’s services or another adoption agency
Where is support available?
- In person, at a flexible location, such as your home
- Over the phone
How to access the service?
- Contact us directly if you want support (this is also known as self-referral)
How much support is available?
- The service can provide support for the following duration: 18 months
Key details about the service
- One-to-one support is available at this service
- Additional support for people with disabilities, including learning difficulties and learning disabilities, is available at this service
- Confidential interpreters or translation services are available at this service
Has the service been independently evaluated, with input from family members who have used the service?
Yes, the evaluation is online at: https://www.pause.org.uk/our-impact/
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