Make a referral about a child
In Middlesbrough this goes to the MACH (Multi-Agency Children's Hub).
Phone: 01642 726004
Out of hours: 01642 524 552
Local safeguarding contacts › Middlesbrough
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Middlesbrough
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Middlesbrough makes a referral, raises an allegation about a member of staff, and finds the local threshold document. Every link goes to the council’s or South Tees Safeguarding Children Partnership (shared with Redcar and Cleveland)’s own pages.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
Allegations about staff: the LADO
For a concern that an adult working with children may have harmed a child or may pose a risk. When to contact the LADO
Phone: 01642 726004
Threshold document
How Middlesbrough describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Tees Framework of Need (September 2026 (per file name))
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