Our analysis of Family Action's Building Bridges service cites some astonishing results in preventing costlier interventions, including a 70 per cent reduction in the need for children to go into care. And our main feature examines the work of Merton Council's Supporting Families Service. Both programmes make the family as a whole their reference point and both involve a multi-agency response co-ordinated by a key, trusted professional.
Crucially, they work. They transform lives, ease the strain on the public purse and avoid duplication of effort by building up a picture of the whole family, whatever its form, instead of targeting a host of resources at different individuals.
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