Bairns' Hoose News Bulletin Issue 3
May 2025
In our last bulletin in September 2024, we shared with you some of the progress that had been made by the various workstreams in our Bairns’ Hoose Delivery Group.
As Aberdeen City progress towards the opening of our Bairns’ Hoose site, this bulletin will share our continued progress and some of the operational aspects of our Bairns’ Hoose.
Read the full article here - Bairns' Hoose News Bulletin Issue 3 | Aberdeen City Council
Bairns' Hoose News Bulletin Issue 2
September 2024
In our last bulletin in February 2024, we shared with you our journey to becoming a pathfinder site for a Bairns’ Hoose. Bairns’ Hoose is Scotland’s commitment to bringing the Nordic Barnahus model to our suite of approaches aimed at improving children’s lives and to recover from adversity. The model is a child centred and trauma informed transformational, whole-system approach to delivering child protection, justice, health and recovery services. Within our ‘Hoose’ we will bring together services to deliver integrated support to best meet the needs of children and young people who are victims of abuse or have witnessed violence, as well as children under the age of criminal responsibility whose behaviour has caused significant harm to others. This approach goes beyond simply being a child friendly location in which to interview children but is also to facilitated stronger relationships between professionals who have differing sets of responsibilities, significantly between the child interview team and the recovery team.
We are proud of our motivated and skilled workforce across the city, who already work tirelessly to identify and protect children from harm. We are not starting from scratch and we plan to build on our strength as we work towards improvements whilst developing our own Bairns’ Hoose in Aberdeen. Our Bairns’ Hoose will be situated on Regent Walk, alongside the Links ELC and is proposed to be ready for opening in July 2025.
Read the full news bulletin here - Bairns' Hoose News Bulletin Issue 2 | Aberdeen City Council
Bairns’ Hoose project secures grant of half a million pounds
Wednesday 1 May 2024
Aberdeen’s innovative Bairns’ Hoose project has secured a further £500,000 in Scottish Government funding.
The funding, in addition to the £300,000 already received, for the Bairns’ Hoose collective of partners and approaches providing protection, justice and health support and services for child victims and witnesses of abuse and harm, was discussed at yesterday’s Education and Children’s Services committee.
Read the full article here - Bairns’ Hoose project secures grant of half a million pounds | Aberdeen City Council
Bairns' Hoose News Bulletin Issue 1
February 2024
A Bairns' Hoose, based on the Icelandic model, ‘Barnahus’ (child’s house), bringing together services in a ‘four room’ concept - justice, health, social work and recovery support. The aim is to deliver integrated support to best meet the needs of children and young people who are victims of abuse or have witnessed violence as well as children under the age of criminal responsibility whose behaviour (currently 12 years of age) has caused significant harm to others. A key aim of the model is to reduce the number of times children have to recount their experiences.
Read our first news bulletin here - Bairns' Hoose News Bulletin Issue 1 | Aberdeen City Council