See, Hear, Respond

The See Hear Respond Partnership is funded by the Department for Education and managed by Barnardo’s.

See Hear Respond has already helped over forty thousand children and young people across England during 2020.

See, Hear, Respond is a service provided by Barnardo’s and a group of national and local community-based organisations in response to Covid-19. The programme has been specifically created to help children and young people in England who are experiencing harm and increased adversity during lockdown by providing support to those who are not being seen by schools or other key agencies.

They offer support in a number of ways – in many parts of the country face-to-face support is on offer for those families requiring it. In addition to this, they have found that the digital interventions also on offer allow for more flexible support to be put in place more quickly. Digital interventions can also enable children, young people and families to access support which may not be available in their local area, such as individual work to overcome barriers to returning to school, online group work to develop coping strategies and manage emotions and anxiety, and digital parenting support programmes.

It’s really easy to put in a referral into See Hear Respond – you can call 0800 157 7015 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday), or go to www.barnardos.org.uk/see-hear-respond to complete a simple referral form.

They respond quickly to all referrals, and then work with a range of local and national voluntary sector organisations to put the appropriate support in place. They also have an online support hub at https://www.barnardos.org.uk/see-hear-respond-support-hub which may be a useful resource for any families you are supporting.