Transforming Care Programme

Making sure your child gets the right support

Sometimes, hospital admissions can be avoided by making sure your child / young person gets the right support at the earliest point.

To do this, a Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting may be held.

The meeting will involve someone who is responsible for planning and agreeing services (known as 'commissioning').

Your child / young person may be referred to a Multi-Disciplinary Team Meeting at any time.

This could be because something significant has changed, and different treatment options need to be looked at.

The meeting aims to:

understand the support your child / young person needs
make sure your child / young person is getting the right care
look at whether any other support or services can be arranged for your child / young person
look at the current plan and review your child / young person's progress
look at options to meet your child / young person's needs, such as respite or community services.

You and your child / young person should be asked for your views as part of the meeting.

For more information, contact the Joint Commissioning Unit by emailing transformationJCT@southtyneside.gov.uk

Keyworkers are available to children and young people aged 4 to 25 years old, who:

have a learning disability and / or autism
are in a mental health inpatient setting
are at risk of going into an inpatient setting (due to their mental health, autism or learning disability)

Keyworkers will support young people and their family to navigate the system and act as a main point of contact.

Keyworkers must be offered to all children and young people who are rated red or amber on the NHS: Dynamic support register.