Children With Specialist Needs

Granville Lodge in Hartlepool provides specialised care for children with physical disabilities and delayed learning associated with their disabilities.

Situated within a carefully converted Victorian house, we offer the children in our care a safe, supportive and caring home-from-home environment in which they can achieve their potential and enjoy their life to the fullest possible extent. All children are individuals and they are encouraged at all times to live as independently as is possible and to participate in everyday childhood activities such as swimming and school attendance.

We provide care for children aged nine to 17 years with diagnosed physical disabilities and/ or associated diagnoses of cerebral palsy, learning disabilities and similar. We offer:

  • Long-term care for children who require extensive input including tracheostomy and peg feeds, in addition to children with long-term illnesses.
  • Respite care to families providing support to enable them to continue to care for a disabled child at home.
  • Access to education and community activities.

Our team of highly trained staff has considerable experience in caring for children with complex disabilities and is committed to providing a high standard of care which focuses on each child’s particular requirements.

Our team of professional and experienced staff is drawn from different care-related disciplines and includes:

  • Registered Nursing staff
  • Team Leaders and Support workers

The senior staff are responsible for planning a child’s care in consultation with the child, their families, social workers and the appropriate medical staff. The support worker team works closely with the senior staff in delivering a high standard of care. This staff team regularly engage in a rolling programme of training, both general and specifically related to the individual children, to enable them to meet all the activity and daily care needs of the children and to liaise with and offer support to their families.

All members of our team are trained to ensure that the privacy, dignity and choice of each child are respected.

Our centre for children with complex needs is:

Each year we issue separate surveys to both our patients/ clients and to our referrers asking them what they think of the service we provide. All information is fed back to our clients about what we do well, what we could do better and how we aim to improve the service we provide. All our surveys are anonymous.

Referrer comments 2010:

  • " The standard of care received on respite is high"

Parents comments 2010:

  • “The staff are all dedicated and caring, they go the extra mile to ensure our daughter’s stays are enjoyable and safe”
  • “I know that when (my daughter) is at Granville Lodge, she is safe and well looked after and happy, enjoying her experience there”

Throughout the year we run events, conferences and seminars where we discuss the treatment of Children with Specialist Needs. These events provide insight into the conditions, how care is provided, information on new treatments, support for friends and relatives and case studies, amongst other topics. Some events are accredited for professional learning.

The following lists all our upcoming events or conferences where we will discuss Children with Specialist Needs:

  • No upcoming events

The following list is all events we have previously held where Children with Specialist Needs were covered. The pages for these events contain an overview of the event, programme, as well as downloads of any presentations and documentation.

  • No past events

The following lists various organisations and charities which offer advice, guidance and support regarding children with specialist needs. Click a link to view more details for that organisation, as well as contact information.