Building Bridges

There were 46,709 children on child protection registers or the subject of child protection plans in the UK on 31 March 2010
It costs as much as £40,000 to develop a child protection plan. Local Authority care can cost up to £2,500 a week
Building Bridges reduces: need for Child Protection Register by 46%, need for local authority care cut by 30% and need for Care Approach Programme by 53%

Early Intervention Work - Building Bridges is Family Action’s professional, home-based family support service designed to meet the needs of families with multiple complex needs and make the families stronger, safer and more fulfilling for children and parents.

The families who Building Bridges works with might have problems including parental mental health, a young carer at home, difficulties in parenting, children with mental health or behavioural difficulties, relationship issues, safeguarding issues and financial and material hardship. Building Bridges works holistically in the family home with parents and children to develop an action plan to support the family and improve their situation.

Building Bridges Family Support Service is a cost-effective and multi-agency approach, adding value to adult and children’s services, health officials, education and social care. It has been validated by the Centre for Excellence in Outcomes.

Evaluating Our Building Bridges Family Support WorkWe have launched our 2011 independent evaluation of our Building Bridges Family Support Service. Read about how Building Bridges is valued by commissioners and service user families and children.

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