Funded through North Lanarkshire Council and as part of the Early Help and Family Support Partnership with Barnardos, Action for Children and Home Start GNNL you will deliver group activities for families across North Lanarkshire. Make it Your Own is a Creative interior design project supporting those with poor mental health, experiencing multiple deprivation or struggling to sustain a tenancy (not an exhaustive list).

This tenancy sustainability programme provides bespoke support that helps families take ownership of their tenancy and develop and make it in their style.

Participants benefit from practical decorating support and equipment, a home improvement budget as well as life-skills training and development (e.g. financial management, setting of routines) and support to set goals for the future, one step at a time.

As Wellbeing Support Worker you will work alongside the Interior designer to support families/parents to identify their own needs and develop coping strategies for themselves; connect with other parents/families, access peer support, and develop their local support networks by linking in with other local organisations which can support other aspects of family life e.g. benefits, welfare, food security, relationship support, nutrition etc.

ArtWise – Parenting through Creative Connections, is a newly designed project which seeks to support the whole family through an arts-based learning approach to parenting children who have experienced trauma, poor mental health, social difficulties and/or behavioural difficulties.

As Wellbeing Support Worker you will work alongside the Art Therapist to support families/parents to identify their own needs and develop coping strategies for themselves; connect with other parents/families, access peer support, and develop their local support networks by linking in with other local organisations which can support other aspects of family life e.g. benefits, welfare, food security, relationship support, nutrition etc.