About Parents 4 Change Middlesbrough

We are Grandparents/Carers, Parents/Carers, Siblings/Carers, Foster Parents/Carers and Adoptive Parents/Carers of children with diagnosed and undiagnosed disabilities in Middlesbrough.

We are developing ways to include families in the process of influencing change in children's disability services in Middlesbrough. To ensure that any changes being made to children's disability service are meaningful in Middlesbrough.

We do this currently with all our Steering Group meetings, information workshops, send reform meetings and also with our conference, information days, coffee mornings and newly our premises in Langridge Initiative Centre.

We work in partnership with 'Contact A Family' regional manager and their regional information officer who together care for the North East and Cumbria.

In addition to this we work in co-production with our local authority Middlesbrough as well as social care, health.

All of the group consist of volunteers who continue to develop and operate Parents 4 Change.

All of the progress of the group is achieved with the support and guidance from professionals who work with children with disabilities in Middlesbrough.

News & Events

Neurodevelopment Pathway (Age 5 to 17) – Professionals Consultation Line

We have been asked to share this survey with Families and Carers. If you have time please click on the link below
 
Neurodevelopment Pathway (Age 5 to 17) – Professionals Consultation Line – please tell us your views!
We are currently reviewing our Neurodevelopment Pathway Professionals Consultation Line Service for Children and Young People in Teesside.
The Neurodevelopment Assessment Team accepts referrals for the assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) for children and young people within the Teesside area; this includes Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton and Hartlepool. Once referred children and young people are provided information around the bubble of support and advice of where they can access support to meet their needs.
Since September 2023, the route for referral into the service has been through the ‘Professional’s Consultation Hotline’. Professionals who know the child well such as teachers, social workers and mental health support workers who wish to refer a child or young person to our service can contact our service to book a professional’s consultation slot with a clinical nurse specialist in our team. During the phone call, concerns relating to the child will be discussed and explored. The clinical nurse specialist with then advise the professional as to whether a referral should be completed to be accepted into service for full assessment or if other signposting and advice is needed. The professional will then feed this back to the parent/carers.
We are currently reviewing this service to understand the experience of professionals and families, and to help us make it better. Please let us know what your views of the service by filling in the survey.
The closing date for the survey is 30/09/2024
This is the survey link for Families and Carers.

Conference Report 2024

Parents4Change Held a Parent's conference at Middlesbrough Football Ground on the 11th March 2024 Please find below the Conference Report 

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Middlesbrough Multi-Agency Drop In

Zoe's Place

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Hi all, 
Hope you are well. 
Just an update regarding the Zoe's place baby hospice, we are back up and running and we are thankful to say that we have been able to increase the days on which we are open. This has allowed us no longer have a waiting list and we are open to new referals. 
If you have any queries or families in need of support please don't hesitate to get in touch. 

Zoe's place baby hospice

Crossbeck house

High street

Normanby

Middlesbrough TS6 9DA

01642 457985