Family Action The Bridge Young Carers Service County Durham

Allison Hicks – Manager Lesley 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 Lead Tracey 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: CarerAge 0 to 15 Age 16 to 24 Provides unpaid care: Total1,0543,319 Provides 1 to 19 hours unpaid care a week8352,343 Provides 20 to 49 hours unpaid care a week Provides 50 or more hours unpaid care a week

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.