Right of Place Mission Statement

Supporting Survivors of Institutional Child Abuse and their families on their journey to Truth, Justice and Healing.

Right of Place Second Chance is a vision and values driven organisation. We support survivors and their families to access their entitlements and rights and empower those we work with to attain their goals through a culture of trust and respect. We provide practical help and offer a forum for communication, information, validation, peer support and encouragement to all survivors who suffered as children in state run institutions.

Right of Place Second Chance is Ireland’s leading Survivor support organisation and provides numerous Programmes of support to over 1,500 Indivudal Survivor and Family members across Ireland each year.

Our vision for the future care of survivors in this country is:

The needs of survivors of state run institutions and their families will be recognised and acknowledged by state. This will be based on a genuine understanding of survivor needs and experiences. This understanding will come from meaningful engagement with survivors, their families and the organisations that serve them.

There will be a number of evidence-based programmes and policies, which aim to end social isolation, poverty and homelessness for survivors.

There will be properly funded supports for survivors and their families, which respond to their social and personal needs.

Services will be provided in a way that ensures there are few barriers to accessing supports and in a way that reflects the needs and wishes of survivors. This will include some services which are for survivors only, providing a targeted safe space for those that want this.

To reflect the importance of the work, professional survivor support organisations will be funded at a level that supports the provision of high quality, professional services.

Within the national dialogue, Right of Place Second Chance will be an authoritative voice informing public policy and strategy. This authority will be based on a close connection to survivors’ experiences. We will, wherever possible reflect the real position and needs of those still struggling in their everyday lives as a result of their childhood trauma.

Ultimately Right of Place believes in creating a better more equal future for Survivors that recognises the disadvantaged suffered because of a childhood lost. We equate this equality to better access for basic entitlements and advocate on behalf of those who contact us for better basic care.

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I love coming into Right of Place offices as often as I can. I am always treated with respect and feel I can sit down with people I know and who know me. I actually feel worth something. I feel happy to tell people who I am and what I am part of. I no longer ever need to feel ashamed.

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Sometimes I feel like everything we have gone through will soon be forgotten. We will soon be ignored and I don’t want that to happen

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Our Values

Underpinning our work with Survivors of Institutional Abuse & their familes are ten values that we hold close. These values were developed in consultation with Staff, Stakeholders and our Service Users:

  • We are trustworthy and honest in the way we work

This means that we do what we say we will do. We ensure the confidentiality of all service users; we manage their personal information in line with data protection and child protection legislation.

  • We are compassionate and empathethic in our approach

We understand survivor’s anger and help them get through this. We are patient and understanding. We are committed and really care about what we do.

  • We support and empower service users to access mainstream services and wherever possible to support mainstream services to meet the needs of Survivors
  • We are inclusive

We are open to working with all survivors of institutional abuse and their families (our clients). We aim to work collaboratively with other agencies and service providers and seek to work in line with their values, and our own.

  • We work within our boundaries

We support our clients to understand our boundaries (professional limits and expectations) and to develop their own. We only provide information that we know to be true and accurate. We are aware of our own levels of competency and work within these. We are realistic about our expectations and manage those of our clients.

  • We are responsible for the service we provide for clients

This means that we work to find the solution with our clients and will work as far as we practically can to make sure the client’s needs are met.

  • We are warm and friendly and offering a welcoming environment

We care and want to help. We are genuine.

  • We are professional

We understand our work and roles; we work within clearly laid out policies and procedures that reflect good practice. We stand over our work.

  • We are accountable and transparent in our work

By means of good communication with all stakeholders, we provide proof of our work and our achievements.We assist our funders and takeholders to understand our work and the need for this. We provide clear information to all our clients on our services, our way of working and support clients to make complaints should they feel the need.

  • We are respectful to all those work with

We show loyalty to our clients in their time of need. We are tolerant and acknowledge people’s beliefs. We help people to respect themselves and each other.

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