These services are offered to families that are struggling to cope and in need of formal support.
- Help with managing the family budget and debts
- Helping the parents to keep the home clean
- Organising a routine around children and their needs
- Role modelling parenting skills
- Bringing children to school
- Homework help
- Play therapy and role modelling same for parents
- Accompanying parents and children to hospital appointment/Child Guidance
- Helping parents cope with chronically ill children
- Referrals are received from a variety of sources:
- Public Health Nurses
- Social Workers
- Child Guidance Clinic
- Children’s Hospital (Regarding chronically ill children)
Ballymun Home Support services works directly with primary care teams to provide a holistic service to clients. Primary Care Teams include:
- General practitioners
- Public Health Nurses
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Dieticians
- Social Workers
- Speech and Language Therapists
- Mental Health Service