The Bridge Child & Family Centre

The Bridge Child & Family Centre was developed in 2006 and provides resilience based services for families and young people.

The centre is a co-location of agencies including:

• Youth Action Team
• Jersey Child Care Trust
• Family Nursing & Home Care
• Midwives
• Housing
• Parenting Support Services
• Brighter Futures charity

Core services include:

• integrated early family learning
• family support
• health services
• outreach services to children and families not attending the Centre
• access to training and employment advice
• youth club (funded by Children In Need)

The Bridge is working towards a model of multi-agency and partnership working, based on a community development model where parents:

• get involved in supporting their own child’s learning and development
• engage in adult community education
• get involved in devising or delivering services for other parents

The business ofThe Bridge is extending all the time, as agencies, in collaboration with the Child and Family Centre increase the opportunities for clients. From the onset The Bridge has set itself ambitious goals and these have been achieved through the appointment of staff in the Centre. The posts, funded by the charity “Brighter Futures” have facilitated the development of innovative research based programmes based on self management, relationships and formal qualifications. This approach to the engagement of families and young people has allowed The Bridge to listen to parents, teachers, professionals, children and young people. The users value the programmes on offer with some users now accessing services on a daily basis. Friends of The Bridge charity support the community development initiatives, the café and youth work.

Mission

Building communities where children and young people are valued and parents supported.

Aim

To work together to provide families and young people with opportunities to access services which allows for a healthy and safe lifestyle that enables all to achieve and participate in the community.

Values

• we put the customer at the heart of everything we do
• we achieve success in all we do by working together
• we work within the protocols established for confidentiality
• we constantly look for ways to improve what we do and are flexible and open to change
• we take pride in delivering an effective service
• we continually reassess services and support to reduce duplication and waste across the agencies
• we will always be fair, honest and open and act with integrity

Adult & Community Education

Whether studying for fun, to further your career or make a life change, any time is a good time for you to help yourself.

An extensive Island-wide programme of adult vocational and non-vocational education is provided at a variety of locations within the Island by Highlands College. The programme offers more than 500 vocational and non-vocational courses during the school year for which almost 7,000 enrolments are received.

Full details of courses are in our Adult Education Prospectus which is published three times each year, in June, November and March in the Jersey Evening Post.

If you need further information, contact:
Adult Education Team Tel 608608
Student Services Tel 608633