Newcastle Kinship Team

Assessment and Support Services

Assessment:

The Kinship Team assess potential kinship carers.  They also assess kinship carers for Special Guardianship and Child Arrangement Orders.

More information about the Kinship Assessment Process can be found here.

Support Services:

The Kinship Team can offer advice, support and signposting to current Kinship Carers.

You can request a Kinship Carer Support Plan. One of the team will discuss the challenges you are facing.  They will help you find solutions.

Contact the Kinship Team

General enquiries email: kinship@newcastle.gov.uk (non-urgent matters only).

For urgent matters and professional enquiries please email here.

Or call us on 0191 277 2430 and ask for the Kinship Duty Worker.  

Normal office hours operate Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm (except bank holidays). 

For urgent out of hours service call the Emergency Duty Team on 0191 277 7878.

For kinship children, support and services are offered through Children and Families Newcastle

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