Family wellbeing service

What the family wellbeing service is, what we can do for you, how to get help and how professionals can make a referral.

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What the family wellbeing service is

Our Family Wellbeing Community Team offer support with a wide range of issues which may be affecting you or your family's wellbeing. Being a parent or carer can be difficult at times.

This support will be offered when and where you need it and for as long as you need it. Please feel free to get in touch and ask for help.

We work in partnership with Engage, Just Dive In, Youth Interventions, Home Start, Early Years Scotland, Star Project, The Why Not Trust, Klas Care and Active Communities, Pachedu, Impact Arts, Renfrewshire Out of School Network, Johnstone Castle learning Centre, Johnstone Teeny Tots, Bricklane, YMCA Renfrew, Stronger Communities Glenburn.

Our aim is to listen to you and offer help to avoid things becoming more challenging. We'll offer a timely response without judgement.

We can offer support with the challenges of being a parent, such as:

worries you have about any changes of circumstances for you and your children
bereavement and loss
emotional and mental health difficulties
financial stress
many other aspects of family life.

We aim to provide the right help at the right time to stop issues getting worse.

By talking, listening and engaging with you, we offer free, non-judgemental and responsive support.

This could mean:

giving advice at a weekly drop-in for parents, where members of the team will be able to help
providing or arranging practical help or assistance
carrying out an initial assessment to help identify what support would work best for you and your family
putting you in contact with other services or organisations like the NHS, money advice or counselling.

Launch events

Come along and meet the team:

free to attend
fun activities for all the family
snacks and entertainment.

When and where to come along:

Tannahill Centre on Wednesday 6 November at 5.30 to 7.30pm
Salvation Army Hall, Paisley on Thursday 14 November at 3 to 6pm
Renfrew Town Hall on Wednesday 20 November at 3 to 6pm
Johnstone Town Hall on Thursday 21 November at 3 to 6pm.

Drop-in sessions

You can come along to our drop-in sessions where you can chat with one of our Community Family Wellbeing Workers. You do not need to make an appointment.

You'll have the chance to discuss any issues or concerns that are impacting you or your family and look at support in moving forward.

There are no dates for drop-in sessions right now. We'll update these details when we have them.

Contact the Family Wellbeing Community Team

Once you have submitted a request for assistance one of our team will contact you within 3 working days to advise which support is most appropriate. This may be from our team directly or one of our partner services.

Professionals making referrals

If you're a professional looking for support for a family you are working with, you can also use the Request for Assistance form.

Renfrewshire Council