Survivors Support Service

The Survivors Support Service offering specialist support.

SURVIVORS SUPPORT SERVICE

The Survivors Support Service offers specialist support to anyone aged 18 and over who is a survivor of recent or non–recent institutional childhood sexual abuse.

We are here to support anyone who has been sexually abused in an institutional setting. These might be:

a care home
a school
a hospital
a religious organisation
voluntary or state organisation

We are also able to support survivors who reported sexual abuse to a person in authority, for example, a police officer, social worker, or a teacher, where the report was either ignored or not acted upon properly.

Our specialist support workers will work with you to enable you to exercise greater choice and control in all aspects of your life.

Helping Survivors

If you have experienced recent or non-recent childhood sexual abuse our Survivor’s Support Service is here to help.

Our specialist workers will help you to experience improved health and wellbeing, by gaining appropriate access to health and other services, developing coping strategies to better manage your mental health, emotional wellbeing and any substance misuse issues.

Our support workers will also work with other agencies, including housing, immigration and welfare benefits to improve multi-agency responses to survivors.

How to Refer into the Survivors’ Support Service

You can make a self referral to the Survivors’ Support Service or an organisation or someone supporting you, such as a friend, family member, the NHS or the Police can make a referral on your behalf.

If you would like to refer yourself, please complete this form.

SELF REFERRAL FORM

If someone is completing a referral on your behalf they should use this form.

PROFESSIONAL REFERRAL FORM

Alternatively, you can phone 0115 947 0064 and select option 2 Mon-Fri 09:00 to 17:00
(answerphone available outside these hours, please leave a message with a contact number and we will call you back as soon as possible)