Gatehouse support

When your child accesses services from Gatehouse, you can expect the following:

• Your child will be believed
• You and your child will be treated with respect, sensitivity and understanding
• To be informed of yours and your child’s rights
• To get information
• For you and your child to be in control of your decision-making
• Privacy and confidentiality*

Gatehouse does not investigate reports of child sexual abuse or harmful sexual behaviour. We are a therapeutic counselling and advocacy service only. Agencies who do investigate reports of sexual abuse are the police and child protection. 

*Gatehouse clinicians are considered mandatory reporters. This means that if they have safety concerns about a child or a vulnerable adult, they have to report this to the relevant body, e.g. child protection.