Our kinship carers

Caring family

Our kinship care team support kinship carers throughout the process and beyond with training, one-to-one support, therapeutic care and regular social activities and events.

What our kinship carers say...

"Thank you to the kinship care team, you are all amazing. Thank you for looking after us and keeping us going in the right direction."

"Thank you so much for all your help and support this year it has been invaluable."

"We couldn't have done it without them, the support we've had has been second to none."

"The kinship team were very friendly, honest and kind from the very start, which was a massive relief for me and my family." 

"I found the team to be very friendly, honest and kind from the start, which was a massive relief to me and my family."

"I never had to worry about asking questions or sharing my worries and fears during the meetings and assessments and knew the social worker was at the other end of the phone should I need anything."

Contact us

Kinship Care Team
Gateshead Council
Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH

0191 433 3195

KinshipCareTeam@gateshead.gov.uk