Redcar & Cleveland Mayor’s Charity Night
Please click HERE to read a copy of Mayor’s letter
The Link – Child & Young Person Help and Support Contacts
If you have concern about the welfare or safety of a child or young person or think they may need extra help and support, you should contact South Tees MACH on 01642 130700 or emergency duty team (outside office hours) 01642 524552. If you have concerns about a child or young person who may be experiencing an acute mental health/emotional crisis, you should contact. The Mental Health Crisis team on 0800 05 16 171. In an emergency, contact the Police on 999.
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Contact – Free South Tees Family Support Information
DO YOU CARE FOR A CHILD WITH NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CONDITION?
Do you live in Darlington, Middlesbrough or Redcar & Cleveland?
CONTACT’S FREE LISTENING EAR SERVICE
Emotional support | Advice | Ideas to help you cope
Free, confidential help over the phone with a family support adviser
To book an appointment visit contact.org.uk/listening-ear
FREE VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS & WEBINARS
Wellbeing for parent carers | Supporting sensory needs Helping your child sleep | Encouraging positive behaviour
Small group events on a range of topics. Hear from an expert, ask questions, meet other parents and share ideas.
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
Friday 15 October, 12.30 am – 2.30 pm
UNDERSTANDING SENSORY PROCESSING
Learn more about sensory processing, reflect on your child’s sensory needs
and identify new approaches to support you.
Register on Eventbrite
Monday 18 October, 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SEND
How an Education Health and Care plan (EHCP) could benefit your child, how to apply for one and what is involved in the assessment process and the timescales involved.
Register on Eventbrite
Wednesday 20 October, 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD’S SLEEP
The importance of sleep and why sleep problems may occur, how to introduce a sleep routine, plus top tips to help
Register on Eventbrite
Find out more by contacting: south.tees@contact.org.uk
or call our freephone number on 0800 2540 890
To book our online workshops visit Eventbrite
NEURODEVELOPMENTAL FAMILY SUPPORT PROJECT
National charity Contact is working with Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group to offer families living in Darlington, Middlesbrough or Redcar and Cleveland
priority access to their Listening ear service and workshops.
WHO ARE CONTACT?
Contact helps parents of children with disabilities and special educational needs – whoever they are and whatever their child’s condition. We can help with your most pressing issues, like benefits and education. We guide families through services, and offer a listening ear during stressful times.
HOW WE HELP
Our website has a wealth of information written especially for parents of children with additional needs such as:
Benefits and tax credits | Help with education | Health and medical information | Help with social care
- Talk to us on our Live Chat service, Facebook or Twitter
- Check you’re claiming everything you’re entitled to
with our benefits calculator and grants finder - Download our guides and factsheets for parents
If you need help to book your listening ear appointment, workshop or webinar please call us on 0808 00000 (this number is not manned 24 hours a day but messages will be listened to daily Monday to Friday and someone will get back to you)
Redcar & Cleveland Mind – Job Vacancies
We’re looking for enthusiastic and skilled practitioners to join our team working with adults and children as we expand our services in 2021. We are looking for experienced staff who can provide high quality support for clients with a range of mental health needs to support their recovery. Please look at the links for the job descriptions and requirements for each role.
Wellbeing Practitioner (various pt/ft roles available). (JOB A) Salary: £22,347 ft equiv. (£11.46ph)
You will be experienced in working with children, young people or adults, and will have a comprehensive knowledge of the difficulties and challenges they face, and have the skills to help them navigate their way through these uncertain times. You will be working with clients aged 14+ with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, providing structured support to aid recovery. As part of a multi disciplinary team you will be working across a range of projects within Redcar & Cleveland, as well as our expanding Employee Assistance Programme. As a community based service it will be essential to your role to build effective relationships with other partner agencies who offer support and interventions to the people we support in our service. We are committed to life-long learning, opportunities to develop through training will become available as part of your role.
Children & Young People’s Group Facilitator (30hrs – Fixed term for 2 years). (JOB B) Salary: £22,347 pro rata. (£11.46ph)
As part of the government’s trailblazer project to put new Mental Health Support Teams in schools (MHSTs) we are looking to recruit a Group Facilitator to join a partnership team with other local VCS organisations, providing support in Primary and Secondary schools across Middlesbrough & Redcar and Cleveland. The Group Facilitator will play a vital role in the team, providing Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health provision by supporting children and young people to build resilience skills through group activity. The successful applicant will become trained in delivering the Friends Resilience programme which empowers children and young people to become engaged and thriving individuals, and promotes positive social and emotional skills. https://friendsresilience.org/ – Link to understand more about Friends Resilience training.
The applicant will have at least 1 years experience of working with children and young people, and will have the skills and ability to lead group activities. We are looking for someone passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and young people, to provide them with the tools they need at an early stage to have positive emotional and mental health.
To find out more about us, please visit our website www.rcmind.org, follow us on Twitter @randcmind or Facebook.
Closing date for both posts is 5pm on Monday, 18th October 2021. Interviews will take place on Monday, 25th October 2021. Please download the forms at https://rcmind.org/jobs/we-are-recruiting/ complete your application, personal details and equality opportunities forms and then email all 3 to us at: info@rcmind.org clearly stating in the subject heading the role you are applying for.
Middlesbrough Council – Community Grant South Tees – HAF Xplore Christmas 2021
Middlesbrough Council is processing grants for the Holiday Activities and Food Programme for Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland – applications may be shared with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council colleagues as part of the assessment process and ongoing work around tackling poverty. They are also shared with The Junction for booking and monitoring purposes.
Following the amazing programmes delivered over the Easter and Summer school holidays, the grant programme to allow an even better programme over the Christmas holidays has now opened to applications. Please find attached both the application form and the notes re guidance and criteria, which have been simplified following feedback.
Application form
Guidance & Criteria
If you need help completing this form or want to check anything else, please call Sharon Barker on 01642 729309
Please return the completed application form and supporting documentation by email to:
Sharon_barker@middlesbrough.gov.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 29th October 2021, 2.30pm
