Where to get support
There are many teams and services across Gateshead that can offer support:
Education, employment and training
- Education support service
- 0-5 specialist teaching team
- Early years area SENDCOs
- Psychological service
- Portage
- Learning and Skills
- Virtual school
- Low Incidence Needs Team (LINT)
- High Incidence Needs Team (HINT)
- Gateshead Access to Employment Service (GATES)
Independent living and social care
- Independent living with SEND
- Housing
- Transitions team
- Paying for care
- Travel and transport
- Kinship care
- Safeguarding
- Caregivers Connected
- Short breaks
- Disabled children's team
- Adult disability sensory support
- Legal information
- Money - personal budgets
- Money - benefits
Health
- Growing healthy
- Physiotherapy
- Children's community nursing
- Paediatric services
- Children in our care team
- Child development team
- Bladder and bowel service
- Mental health
- CYPS and AHMS
- Social prescribing
- Community link workers
- Sexual health
- Therapy services
- GP
- NHS continuing healthcare
- Paying for healthcare post-18
- Sexual safety
- Drug and alcohol services
Community inclusion
- SEND activities directory
- Gateshead network of children with disabilities
- Leisure centres
- Gym Possible
- Family support
- Libraries
- Volunteering
- Youth participation
- SEND Youth Forum
- Parent Carer Forum (PCF)
Further services
- Citizens Advice
- Autism Hubs (opens new window)
- Family Information Service (opens new window)
- SENDIASS (opens new window)
- SEND support for young people in Gateshead