Address:
Kempten House, Kempten Parade,,
Sligo
Sligo
SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES
General Details
Contact position:
Coordinator
Service / Organisation:
Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan
1800 750 780 or 071 9171188
Description:
The response of the Centre to the issues of sexual violence is to provide the following services universally:
- Crisis counselling
- Ongoing face to face counselling
- Outreach counselling
- Free phone helpline
- Support, advocacy and information for survivors, in particular around legal issues
- Relationship counselling
- Survivors Support Group Counselling, support and information for supporters of survivors
- Hospital, court, GP, and/or Garda accompaniment
- Education, training and awareness-raising
- Lobbying and influencing policy on relevant issues through the Rape Crisis Network Ireland
- Networking, experience and information sharing with other relevant voluntary and statutory organisations
Categories:
Brief counselling (for mild to moderate issues)
Counselling (for complex issues)
Education
Family support
Listening and support service (non-counselling)
Mental health
Parenting support
Psychology
Sexual violence / sexual abuse
Service Areas
Service Areas:
- Sligo town and environs
- Sligo - north
- Sligo - south, east and west
- Leitrim - Carrick-on-Shannon and environs
- Leitrim - south
- Leitrim - north
Also West Cavan
Where service is provided
Where service is provided:
- Service provided at above address
- Service provided at various locations throughout the area covered
Outreach counselling service provided in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
Cost of service to user
Cost of service to user:
- Free
- Optional donation
How to access the service
How to access the service (referral pathways):
- People can self-refer / access the service directly (without the need for a referral)
- Parents / guardians can refer
- Through GP
- Through schools
- Through Tusla Child and Family Social Workers
- Through other Tusla services (e.g. Education Welfare Service)
- Through HSE services
- Through other statutory services
- Through other community / voluntary service
Parental permission needed
Ideally parental permission is required but under some circumstances we would look for permission from another such as a Social Worker.
Age-range catered for
Age-range catered for:
- Post-primary school age (13-18 years approx.)
- Young adults (18-24 years)
- Adults (25-64 years)
- Adults (65+ years)
Brief Intervention
Do you specialise in any particular issue(s)?:
Sexual violence
Are counselling services regularly supervised? If so, please state what these arrangements are.:
External clinical supervision once every 2 weeks in line with IACP, BACP, IAHIP, RCNI guidelines. Also peer supervision once every 2 months.
What, if any, regulatory bodies are counsellors members of?:
IACP, BACP, IAHIP, RCNI