Make a referral about a child
In Redcar and Cleveland this goes to the Redcar & Cleveland Multi-Agency Children's Hub (MACH).
How to refer in Redcar and Cleveland
Phone: 01642 130700
Out of hours: 01642 524 552
Local safeguarding contacts › Redcar and Cleveland
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Redcar and Cleveland
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Redcar and Cleveland 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 Middlesbrough)’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 130700
Threshold document
How Redcar and Cleveland describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Framework of Need (Tees) (September 2026)
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