Child Safety Services

Overview

This specialised service addresses child abuse cases, including physical, sexual, neglect, and emotional abuse, as well as children at risk. They prevent, identify, and report abuse while providing education, consultations, and counselling sessions for schools, families, and educators across Malta and Gozo.

What you'll get

  • One-to-one intervention sessions with school age learners and their parents/guardians;

  • small group sessions;

  • class interventions;

  • parents’ meetings;

  • Senior Management Team meetings;

  • support and consultation with educators, including members of the schools’ Senior Management Teams;

  • prevention activities, such as talks to parents;

  • provision of CoPE sessions and other training for educators;

  • prevention lessons tailored to class needs;

  • referral to other members of the Psychosocial team;

  • collaborative work with other professionals/entities.

Eligibility

The service seeks to support children who are victims of abuse or are at risk of abuse.

How to apply

The service is offered by Wellbeing Services  through referrals from schools.

 

Directorate for Educational Services (DES)
Fra Gaetano Pace Forno Street Hamrun, Malta.
HMR 1101

 

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 25983497/25983421​