What the service does
The team at the Family Trauma Centre (FTC) helps children, young people and their families who are having problems coping with a traumatic and frightening experience. We work with children and young people up to the age of 18.
The first appointment at the Family Trauma Centre is an assessment. We talk to the child or young person and their family about the problems. After this, we agree on a plan to help overcome their problems.
How to access the service
Any of the following people or services can refer a child or young person and their family to the Family Trauma Centre:
GP
health visitor
children’s services
hospital service, for example Emergency Department
community nurse
educational welfare officer
school nurse
social worker
psychologist
community or voluntary organisation
charity
You can also make a referral to the Family Trauma Centre on your own behalf (self-referral).
Opening hours :
Monday from 9am to 5pm
Tuesday from 9am to 9pm
Wednesday to Friday from 9am to 5pm
There are also regular outreach clinics in:
Ballymena
Newtownards
Downpatrick
Armagh
Dungannon
Newtownabbey
Omagh