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If you think your family would benefit from some support from the Growing Well Growing Healthy team, there are several ways you can get in touch. Your request will be picked up by our friendly administration team and triaged to the appropriate person who can help you with your request. Whether it be for breastfeeding advice, getting your children healthier and more active, or to discuss with the team about your NCMP letter, we can help.

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To make a referral into Growing Well Growing Healthy please call us on 0333 320 2302 or email us at Hdft.stockton0-19service@nhs.net with the following details:

Name
Telephone Number
Relationship to Child
Childs Name
Childs DOB
Address

Please write us a few lines on why you would like to make a referral. This will help us to better direct your referral.

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Our Growing Well Growing Healthy 0-4 Infant feeding team offers support to new parents on the benefits of nutrition from your child’s earliest days. Our Infant Feeding Coordinator, Nurses, Health Visitors and Early Years Lifestyle practitioners offer a wide range of services from breastfeeding and formula support to nutrition and activity advice as our children grow into their school years.

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Our 5-19 Lifestyle Practitioners specialise in the treatment of excess weight in young people by working closely with children, young people and their families to offer nutrition and physical activity advice. The 5-19 Lifestyle Practitioners come with a range of experience including Nutritionists, Sports Science, and community engagement.

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Our Children’s Health Screeners are trained health care professionals who pride themselves on delivering a high quality service for all! The screening team play a crucial role in the 0-19 service by collecting much needed information on children in the borough which is essential in helping to shape services across Stockton.

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Meet Debbie, our Emotional Resilience Practitioner! 

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Debbie works alongside the Growing Well Growing Healthy Team to help children and young people who are struggling with their emotions including: Anxiety, Low Mood, Stress. If your child or young person has been accepted for support by the Growing Well Growing Healthy team and they feel like they need some emotional support too, please speak to your Lifestyle Practitioner about your concerns!

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Meet our emotional resilience practitioner

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Resources and Downloads - Growing Well Growing Healthy

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A collection of balanced, nutritious and delicious recipes perfect for family meal times!

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Daisy Chain Project | Helping children and families affected by autism

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Daisy Chain is a unique charity which addresses the needs of autistic children and adults spectrum and their families. We provide a range of service and support.

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Kooth is your online mental wellbeing community. Access free, safe and anonymous

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YoungMinds | Mental Health Charity For Children And Young People

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YoungMinds are a mental health charity for children, young people and their parents, making sure all young people can get the mental health support they need.

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The Message Community Grocery is a Manchester based charity helping to reduce food waste and support the community with low cost food shops.

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The Sunflower service is delivered by experienced members of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy team.

We provide a series of three friendly and interactive workshops called Sunflower Parent Training.

It is an education training course designed to provide parents/carers with information and strategies to empower them in lifelong support for their child experiences sensory integration difficulties.

The skills learnt will be used every day to support the child to develop, learn and play.

By completing the Sunflower Parent Training programme, parents can learn from both our Occupational Therapists as well as other parents of children who are experiencing similar difficulties.

Please visit our website for further details about the Sunflower Sensory Service, please use the details below to contact us.

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Sunflower Sensory Service The Sunflower service is delivered by experienced members of the Paediatric Occupational Therapy team. We provide a series of three friendly and interactive workshops called Sunflower Parent Training. It is an education training course designed to provide parents/carers with information and strategies to empower them in lifelong support for their child experiences sensory integration difficulties.

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National Child Measurement Programme - NHS Digital

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The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) measures the height and weight of children in Reception class (aged 4 to 5) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11), to assess overweight and obesity levels in children within primary schools.

The data can be used nationally to support local public health initiatives, and locally to inform the planning and delivery of services for children. The programme is recognised internationally as a world-class source of public health intelligence and holds UK National Statistics status.

The programme was set up in line with the government's strategy to tackle obesity, and to:

inform local planning and delivery of services for children

gather population-level data to allow analysis of trends in growth patterns and obesity

increase public and professional understanding of weight issues in children and

be a vehicle for engaging with children and families about healthy lifestyles and weight issues.

Heights and weights are measured and used to calculate a Body Mass Index (BMI) centile. The measurement process is overseen by trained healthcare professionals in schools.

Defining overweight and obesity in children

Defining children as overweight or obese is a complex process, given that children of different ages and sexes grow and develop at different rates.

This means that a different method is used for children than for adults.

BMI is calculated by dividing their weight (in kilograms) by the square of their height (in metres), and for children, this is then compared to a reference sample of measurements gathered in 1990, which takes age and sex into account.

Further information is available in a guide to classifying body mass index in children produced by Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), which is part of the Department for Health and Social Care.

Taking part in the programme

Before the programme starts each school year, local authorities write to the parents and carers of all children eligible for measurement to inform them of the programme.

Parents or carers can choose to withdraw their child from the process by responding to the letter.

How the data is collected

Local authorities are asked to collect data on Reception Year and Year 6 children's height and weight from all state maintained schools within their area.

Prior to a legislation change in 2013, this role was fulfilled by NHS primary care trusts.

The data is submitted to NHS England, and all of the returns are collated and validated centrally.

OHID provide operational guidance to local authorities and schools on how to undertake the exercise, which states:

local authorities will take steps to ensure that parents receive a letter explaining the purpose of the programme, and provide them with the opportunity to withdraw their child from it

if local authorities are routinely feeding back results to parents, they aim to do this within 6 weeks of measurement

the privacy and dignity of the child must be safeguarded at all times, and the measurement is to be done sensitively in a private setting

individual children's results will not be shared with school staff or other pupils, and suppression and disclosure controls will be implemented when the data set and publication is released to ensure that individual children cannot be identified

How the data is used

NHS England use the data to produce National Statistics Reports showing trends at national level, differences between groups of pupils and the latest local authority level data.

The data is also shared with the OHID Obesity Risk Factors Intelligence team (OHID Obesity RFI) but in a form that in no way could lead to an individual child being identified. OHID present the data in an online tool that enables the user to examine patterns and trends at local authority level.

No information is ever published by NHS England or OHID in a way that could lead to individual children being identified.

The information may also be linked with previous height and weight measurements and other data, such as dental survey or hospital episode statistics, or provided to other organisations, such as universities for research into health and social care. Any linkage or sharing with other organisations is subject to approval from an independent group of experts.

NHS England has shared the data with OHID for linkage to their dental survey data. The data shared with OHID was in a form that no child be identified. A link to the report from this study will be included here when it becomes available.

NHS England has also shared the data with the University of Essex to assess the impact of the Universal Free School Meals programme for children in Key Stage 1 on child weight. A report will be published and a link made available here in due course. The data shared did not include any child level data.

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internal IT system - overview and requirements
The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) system offers a range of approaches to record data at the point of measurement. Organisations need to choose which approach is best for them and any providers collecting data on their behalf.

internal IT system
Find out about the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) IT system, including how to access it and guidance documentation.

internal User access controls
Access to the new National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) IT system is controlled at a local authority level. Access is given if there's a clear business need and in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 - the UK's implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

internal National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP): GDPR information
Why and how we process your data in the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) and your rights.

Annual NCMP OHID guidance (external link, opens in a new tab)
Annual Office for Health Improvement and Disparities guidance that advises local providers of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) on how to implement it.

National slide set on child obesity and regional child obesity slide sets (external link, opens in a new tab)
Slide sets presenting the latest data on child obesity in England and the 9 English regions.

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National Child Measurement Programme - NHS Digital

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The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) measures the height and weight of children in reception class (aged 4 to 5) and year 6 (aged 10 to 11), to assess overweight and obesity levels in children within primary schools.

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Information for young people on mental health and wellbeing

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Information for young people on mental health and wellbeing

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If you’re struggling with how you’re feeling, it can be really scary and upsetting. Our information will help you find the support you deserve for your mental health.

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The Message Community Grocery is a Manchester based charity helping to reduce food waste and support the community with low cost food shops.

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We help people through one of the most painful times in life - with bereavement support, information and campaigning.

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Being there, listening, reflecting, focusing and building rapport are all an essential part of effective counselling. We are continuing to develop our services, and we're now able to provide face-to-face, telephone calls and remote counselling.

We know that bereavement, loss and grief can cause us huge pain and sadness. It can leave us feeling alone, confused and fearful. It's really important to remember that whilst grief and bereavement can impact our mental health, they are not mental illnesses. These feelings are entirely normal and are part of the healing and change process we all go through after experiencing a profound loss.

For the vast majority of people these feeling will become easier to live with as time goes by. Talking to family members, friends and colleagues about how we are feeling is one of the best things we can do to help make ourselves feel better and we know that sometimes this can be a long and slow journey. Organisations such as , Samaritans , and also have helplines and resources that can help with grief, loss and wellbeing.

On rare occasions people may still be experiencing significant problems long after the bereavement has passed. In cases like these we know that expert, clinical support can make a difference and that's where Teesside Hospice Bereavement Counselling Service focusses its work.

If your bereavement was over six months ago and you are still finding that you are having serious difficulties we are here to help. Our trained counsellors can help you to understand your feelings, how they are impacting you and develop tools and techniques that will reduce and alleviate their impact.

We have an online system that will allow you to refer yourself & gather some general information. If you meet the criteria for support one of our team will contact you to arrange an appointment.

We do our counselling face to face (when safe to do so), by video and phone. The referrals will ask for your NHS number. If you don't know this, this link shows you where to look.
Need some support?

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Being there, listening, reflecting, focusing and building rapport are all an essential part of effective counselling. We are continuing to develop our services, and we're now able to provide face-to-face, telephone calls and remote counselling. We know that bereavement, loss and grief can cause us huge pain and sadness.

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Stockton Home Safety Scheme Contact Information

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Stockton Home Safety Scheme Contact Information

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Accidental injuries in and around the home are one of the leading causes of serious harm and death in young children in the UK.

At our Family Safety Sessions, we can provide you with information and advice to help prevent serious accidents happening in the home. We also offer a range of age appropriate, low cost safety equipment (ie safety gates for £2) along with basic first aid advice for those emergency situations.

If you would like to attend our free Family Safety Sessions, please contact your local Family hub to book a place.

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Accidental injuries in and around the home are one of the leading causes of serious harm and death in young children in the UK. At our Family Safety Sessions, we can provide you with information and advice to help prevent serious accidents happening in the home.

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Resources

for schools

For practitioners

For practitioners

Teaching materials for schools based on the UK National Curriculum and a Whole School Approach to mental health.

For practitioners

For practitioners

For practitioners

Free resources for practitioners delivering CBT based interventions with children, young people and families.

self-help

For practitioners

self-help

Useful resources for children, young people and families struggling with feelings of low mood and//or anxiety.

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Free cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) resources to support children and young people struggling with low mood/depression and/or anxiety.

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On Thursday 30 November from 2:30am - 7:30am, you won't be able to contact Childline whilst we do some important maintenance to our systems. This means that 1-2-1 chats, calling and messages to Childline will be unavailable. You'll still be able to use the Childline website for advice and information.

If you're in danger or it's an emergency, you should always call 999

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Get help and advice about a wide range of issues, call us on 0800 1111, talk to a counsellor online, send Childline an email or post on the message boards.

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Samaritans works to make sure there's always someone there for anyone who needs someone. Read more.