Parents & Carers

Information and support for parents and carers

In this Section

Across the South Tees there are many opportunities for parents and carers to access support. On this page, there are some helpful links to information and support available. If you know of anything else that is available to parents / carers across South Tees, please let the HeadStart team know and we can keep this page updated.

 

Struggling with parental burnout?  Here are 6 ways to deal with parental burnout – 6 ways to deal with parental burnout

 

Directory of Bereavement Services for Teesside. This document is a list of  services (local and national) presented alphabetically, providing a service description, contact details and the service user groups these services work with/support e.g Adults, Children and Young People. – Tees Directory New 15.02.21

 

Middlesbrough Local Offer – Middlesbrough Local Offer

The Local Offer is where we have brought together useful information for children, young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. It is here to help you find information, advice and guidance about the types of services and support available to you in our local area.  We have worked in partnership with Parents4Change and young people to develop our offer and will continue to do so to ensure you can access the right support at the right time.

 

Young Minds Parental helpline – Young Minds Parental Helpline

Call the Parents Helpline for detailed advice, emotional support and signposting about a child or young person up to the age of 25. Call them for free on 0808 802 5544 from 9:30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

 

Supporting your child during the coronavirus pandemic – Helpful information from Young Minds

Parenting survival guide – Survival Guide

 

Here are some really helpful wellbeing guides for parents produced by Oxford Owl. There are two seperate guides for primary and secondary aged children.

Primary guide – Primary wellbeing guide

Secondary guide – Secondary wellbeing guide

 

 

The Place Network – https://charliewaller.org/parent-support

The PLACE Network aims to develop, promote, and sustain parent and carer support and involvement in children and young people’s mental health across the UK. Parents and carers with lived experience of supporting a child with mental health issues and professionals with an interest in parent support meet monthly to share practice and ideas.

One of key objectives of the PLACE Network is to connect existing parent and carer support groups/projects or those with an interest in developing one.

 

 

Learning Disability Matters – https://learningdisabilitymatters.co.uk/

This is the North Cumbria and North East Parent Carer website (Learning Disability Matters for Parent Carers) which has recently been developed (the group are also in the process of developing an app) primarily for parent of people with learning disabilities and or autism.

Links & Resources

If you are part of an organisation that offers something to Middlesbrough children, young people and their families and would like to be listed on our website, please get in touch.