Advertised from 9 September 2025

Role

Background to the position

Art Wise – 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.

Funded through North Lanarkshire Council as part of the Families Here and Now Service and working in partnership with Barnardos, Action for Children and Home Start you will support with the delivery of creative and wellbeing activities for families across North Lanarkshire.

Through Impact Arts Art Wise provision within the FHANS you will support the facilitation of group work, one to one and dyadic support to families within various community-based locations across North Lanarkshire.

The type of provision/sessions provided will be dictated by the needs of the families as they are referred to the service. You will be required to be able to adapt to the needs of the community and be willing to deliver to various groups/individuals across various locations throughout the duration of the funding period. You will be working parents, kinship carers and their children in order, to support them to: better understand their child(ren)’s behaviour; develop tools to connect, communicate and support their child(ren) including approach (e.g. activities being led by the child; being curious), language and play activities; identify their own needs and develop coping strategies for themselves; connect with other parents, 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.

Your Role

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.

Application notes

A recruitment pack can be downloaded below.

The deadline for applications is Monday 29th September at 9am. Please submit completed applications to jobs@impactarts.co.uk by this deadline.

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