Barnardo's Support Services to the GNCH

The Great North Children’s Hospital Trust is commissioning Barnardo’s to provide Family Support in their Emergency Department.<br/>Barnardo’s Family Support Workers offer psycho-social support to families in various health settings, this aims to reduce pressures on the health system whilst providing accessible, nonclinical support to families when they need it most.<br/>Barnardo’s Family Support Workers work with families who may not meet the threshold for traditional children’s services intervention, or who may not be accessing their community services and may require support to ensure equitable access, focussing on the environmental and socioeconomic causes of ill-health to make lasting c…