All health visitors are nurses or midwives with specialist training in family and community health. They work with parents and their families to improve health and wellbeing.
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The Humankind LGBT North East Services provide support to young people aged 11 to 25 through a range of projects across the North East region.
LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay Bisexual or Transgender or other related identities) specialist support includes one to one interventions, workshops, peer support and family work.
Ambitious about Autism has a rapidly growing online Ambitious Youth Network to enable more autistic young people to have their voices heard. Through the network, autistic young people between the ages of 16 to 25 can share experiences, connect with others, have their say on Ambitious about Autism’s projects as well as access a range of opportunities to advocate and improve services for autistic young people.
Qwell is a free, safe and anonymous mental health support tool for 18 to 25 year olds.
We offer a variety of anonymous support options to meet your needs
Online messaging
Our messaging feature allows you to reach out directly to a professional. We also use messages to connect with someone who may need additional support.
Navigate is a national mentoring service, that provides online emotional support for parents and carers of disabled children who are finding out about their child’s additional needs.
Eligibility
Navigate is open to any parent or carer who:
- lives in England or Wales
- has parental responsibility for a child under 18
- this child is on a pathway to diagnosis or has received one in the last year
Accessing the service
You can apply online or get a referral from the helpline.
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website for 4-7 year olds and accompanying guide for parents and carers.
The website is based on the three-episode Jessie & Friends animated series, which aims to equip 4-7 year olds with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to stay safer online. It is intended to be used by 4-7 year olds alongside their parents and carers, or within education settings as a learning tool.
Do you have a learning disability and/ or are Autistic? Would you like to join an LGBTQ+ group? Come and meet us.
The group helps to improve the opportunities for Autistic individuals and people with Learning Disabilties in the LGBTQ+ community.
You can talk to learning disability staff about any worries or ideas you may have.
Click here to download a copy of their flyer.
Overview
Newcastle College is the largest FE provider in the North East. It also offers more courses across a wider subject area than any other college in the region.
At Newcastle College, we aim to give our students an exceptional learning experience.One that is not purely based on theory but one which has an active element of on-the-job training. After studying at Newcastle College, you will be in the perfect position to find employment or to continue onto higher education.
Education and Services for People with Autism Limited is a Registered Charity with over 24 years’ experience of supporting people on the autism spectrum.
ESPA’s services include:
You are at the heart of everything we do. We are continually investing in our campus, facilities and opportunities, to make sure you have the best experience possible.
This is reflected in high levels of student satisfaction:
Westgate Community College provides a wide range of community education courses. Each year we provide courses across around 40 subjects involving 700 part-time students.
Facilitating creative and vocational opportunities
Flow is committed to facilitating, promoting and enhancing the future for young adults with additional needs. We wish to engage young people in creative and vocational opportunities to develop their skills and self-esteem in order for them to play a purposeful role within the community.
We are a local charitable company which is helping people who are disadvantaged in the workplace to get jobs, work experience, training and a sense of purpose. Our people develop greater self-esteem, more confidence, better mental health and have real opportunities to contribute positively and regularly to society and to be seen doing so.We do this by running a number of enterprises that provide volunteer jobs in catering, packing and distribution, gardening, warehousing, cleaning and office administration.
Liberdade provide performing arts and health and well-being courses for adults with learning disabilities and autism. We currently have 2 new courses starting in September 2022.
We are Liberdade. Our organisation started in 2003 as an apprenticeship scheme with the aim of enabling a group of people with learning disabilities to set up and run their own physical theatre company.
As a company we made some decisions about what we wanted our organisation to achieve. They were:
Enable young people with SEN the opportunity to access activities which support and encompass Recovery & Mental Health Awareness.
WHAT WE OFFER:
- 6 week programmes
- 2hr weekly sessions
- Regular reviews
- Focus on Recovery & Mental Health
- 16-25 year olds
Physical Wellbeing
Walks, small exercise sessions, sports activities
Self-Reflection
Emotional literacy, journaling, scrap booking
Provides dental care for pre-school children, school children, those with special needs, learning disabilities, medical problems or severe anxiety and any other clients who are unable to find a dentist.
Clinics are available at Arthur's Hill Clinic (check website), Kenton Health Centre, Molineux Street NHS Centre and Walker Centre. You can contact the service directly.
The community dental department provides a full range of dental treatment for patients who are residents of Newcastle and who fit one or more of the following criteria:
At any given time up to 40% of adults and 50% of children (this rises to 80% with a SEND diagnosis) have difficulties with their sleep.
Yet in a recent survey, almost 60% of adults felt there was a lack of support for sleep issues.
Sleep problems can leave people feeling isolated and lonely.
Our free helpline is run by trained sleep advisors, many of whom are specialists in working with SEND. We can talk to young people directly, or parents (we can also talk to adults, including older people, about their sleep issues).
The health visitor’s role starts during pregnancy and continues to offer support through the first few weeks after the birth, and all the way through until early childhood.
All health visitors are nurses or midwives with specialist training in family and community health. They work with parents and families to improve health and wellbeing.
The health visitors are part of a team that includes staff nurses and community nursery nurses.
The health visitor’s role starts during pregnancy and continues to offer support through the first few weeks after the birth, and all the way through until early childhood.
The health visitor’s role starts during pregnancy and continues to offer support through the first few weeks after the birth and all the way through until early childhood.
All health visitors are nurses or midwives with specialist training in family and community health. They work with parents and their families to improve health and wellbeing. The health visitors are part of a team that includes Staff Nurses and Community nursery nurses.
After your baby is born our team is here to support you and your baby.
Postnatal refers to the period of time after your baby is born. It is a period of physical and emotional adjustment as you and your baby settle into your new roles. Your midwife and the support team are here to ensure you and your baby’s wellbeing. They will help you get off to the best possible start.
The health visitor’s role starts during pregnancy and continues to offer support through the first few weeks after the birth, and all the way through until early childhood.
All health visitors are nurses or midwives with specialist training in family and community health. They work with parents and their families to improve health and wellbeing.
26 to 32 weeks visit
Why does the health visitor see you during pregnancy? The health visitor sees you to:
The children and young people’s clinic cares for children and young people with a range of genital conditions. We also see children and young people with concerns about sexual abuse.
Children and young people can be referred to our care by their GP or a doctor from another hospital. The Police or Children’s Services also refer children and young people to our service.
The children’s acute nursing initiative (CANI) is a team of nurses who help with the early discharge of children from hospital.
We look after children from the Newcastle area who have been unwell in hospital but have improved enough to go home – with the support from CANI’s team of experienced children’s nurses.
Our services
To help children go home earlier, we can:
Our Allergy Service is led by a specialist team based in the Great North Children’s Hospital at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Clinics also take place in Benfield Park Medical Group in east Newcastle and specialist clinics at the Freeman Hospital.
Our Children’s audiology services provides a full range of hearing tests from birth upwards.
We work closely with other professionals and specialists to provide support for children with hearing impairments.
These include:
- Educational sensory support workers
- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) consultants
- Speech and Language Therapists; and Health Visitors.
If your child needs digital hearing aids, we can fit and programmed these specifically for your child.