Our vision

• Children impacted by sexual harm recover from impacts of trauma and build safe, resilient futures.
• The rights of children impacted by sexual harm are actively promoted and protected by families, community and society and their safety, development and participation is enhanced. 

Our values 

Gatehouse upholds the below pillars of practice through our work: 

• Diversity and inclusion. 
• Trauma model of recovery. 
• Collaborative and integrated service delivery with children, their families and partner agencies. 
• Child-centred family-focused ecological model. 
• Child Rights and justice. 

Our role

Gatehouse provides services based on a trauma model of recovery for children who have experienced sexual harm and/or engaged in harmful sexual behaviour. Through specialist support and therapeutic care, we work together with children, their families and communities to build safety, recover from the impacts of trauma, and connect with resilient futures. 

We are committed to our role in systemic change, by tackling the drivers of child sexual abuse, and contributing to an informed and supportive community. We encourage and support communities to identify opportunities and increase capability to create a safer world for all children to heal and thrive. This includes access for communities experiencing discrimination and marginalisation, providing culturally safe services, addressing barriers to access, and working to promote equity and justice.

We are committed to continuously improving our services to meet the evolving needs of children, their families, and communities.

Our approach 

Gatehouse clinicians use a range of different evidence-based therapies and approaches depending on the unique situation of the child and the family. These include but are not limited to:

• Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
  
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  
• Play therapy
  
• Family work
  
• Music Therapy
  

Our clinicians

Gatehouse clinicians come from a broad range of professional backgrounds including: 

• Social work 
• Psychology 
• Neuropsychology 
• Family therapy
• Play therapy 
• Occupational therapy 
• Music therapy 
• Mental health nursing