BB4K FAQs

Our programme is designed for children aged 3–11, but we’re happy to signpost you to organisations that can help. Support helplines can be found here. 

We understand some children find groups difficult. We’ll talk through this during your assessment and consider the best way to support your child. One-to-one sessions are available where appropriate. Find out more here.

BB4K will, with your permission, contact the school on your behalf to ensure that they are aware of the benefits of the programme and ask them not to count attending our sessions against your child’s attendance record. Most schools are incredibly supportive of children receiving this recovery programme.

Yes, our programme is for all parents and carers, regardless of gender.

Absolutely. We’ll discuss your child’s needs during the assessment to make sure the programme is suitable and supportive.

Yes, children can attend even if they have ongoing contact, as long as it’s safe for them to do so. 

Yes, any parent or carer with responsibility for the child can take part even if they have not experienced abuse themselves.

Yes, parent sessions are an essential part of the programme to help you support your child effectively.

Unfortunately, we can’t accommodate additional children during sessions. We’ll work with you to find a solution.

We’ll do our best to find a venue that’s accessible by public transport or discuss alternative arrangements.

No formal evidence is required. We trust your experience and will talk through your family’s needs during initial assessment.

The programme typically runs 8-12 weekly sessions, with breaks over school holidays. Each session lasts 90 minutes for both parent and child. 

If you’d like to refer to us but this question concerns you, it’s best to contact us first and we can discuss it with you. Our first goal is keeping the parents and children referred to us safe, and we don’t want to do anything that could change that. 

Yes, children can still benefit even if they didn’t witness abuse but were affected by the family situation.

Yes, a general report on all topics covered will be sent to both the referred parent and the school on completion of the programme.

Siblings are usually kept separate from each other. One child will normally be offered a group whilst the other will be offered either a 121 or wait until a new group starts.  

In the 3-5’s sessions, we cover topics such as identifying and expressing feelings in appropriate ways, safe touch through nurturing and sharing, and different sorts of families. 

In the BB4K and one-to-one sessions, we cover topics such as understanding feelings, awareness about fighting and hurting, emotional and physical safety, blame, worries and self-esteem.  

It is unlikely that a child will be placed in another group as we have a waiting list, but we are able to help you find further support. 

We ask that you attend all the sessions for the 8 or 12 weeks, but appreciate sometimes life gets in the way. Normally, if more than 2 sessions are missed we would ask that you attend a different group in the future and withdraw from the current one. This is because it’s important for both parents and children to attend regularly to gain the most out of the programme, and we have a limited capacity to catch up on any missed sessions.  

In the parent’s group, there are usually 2 members of the BB4K team. The children’s group usually have 2-3 but additional staff members may join to help out during some sessions.  

There is no pressure on anyone to share anything that they don’t want to. Our groups provide a safe space to talk without any judgement, and we aim to give people the chance to discuss anything they want to without any expectation or pressure.