Family ActionThe Bridge Young Carers

ServiceCounty Durham

2015 - 2016

Allison Hicks – ManagerLesley Tindale – Office Administrator

Kath Fenwick – Young Carer Practitioner (South)

Darren Storey – Young Carer Practitioner (South)

Marie Fuggle – Young Carer Practitioner (North)

Kyleigh Collins – Young Carer Practitioner (East)

Glenys Newby – Early Help LeadTracey Sassoon – Early Help Worker

Belinda Tweed – Macmillan Family Support Worker

Our Team

We promote wellbeing, delay

and reduce inappropriate

caregiving levels.

We support children and

young people up to 18 years of

age.

Our impact is felt locally by

strengthening families and

communities, building skills

and resilience, improving outcomes.

DATA FROM THE 2011 CENSUS:

Carer Age 0 to 15 Age 16 to 24

Provides unpaid care: Total 1,054 3,319

Provides 1 to 19 hours unpaid care a week 835 2,343

Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week 119 549

Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week 100 427

Step 1 / Level 1 Capacity Building

Step 2 / Level 2 Resilience Building

Step 3 / Level 3 Targeted Support

Step 4 / Level 4 Targeted Support plus

Step 5 / Level 5 Transitions Support

The Memorandum of Understanding for Young Carers Updated in March 2015

Identified that there should be ‘No Wrong Doors’ for young carers and their families.

Young carers should be identified, assessed and their families supported regardless of which service is contacted.

Children and Adult Services need to adopt a whole system, whole council, whole family approach to providing support for young carers and their families.

This will be achieved through working across systems, in partnership with health and local carer organisations.