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Medium Concern

Welcome to the ‘Medium Concern’ page. Medium level concern is where you feel you or your child is in need of a greater level of support from services due to increased levels of poor mental health. This area contains a range of more intensive supports that you may find helpful.

On this page

Bereavement
Care Experienced
Drugs /alcohol/gambling 
Feeling anxious/worried 
I need to speak to someone now
My relationships (friendships)
Support for my family
Ways to help my wellbeing

 

NOTE – Whilst aiming to provide the best quality information possible, we do not recommend or endorse any particular service which is listed, offer advice about choice of service and have no responsibility for any support provided.

Seasons for Growth

Category:

  • Bereavement

Mental Health Support:

  • Understanding the process of grief, positive and negative coping strategies, small group

Eligibility: 

  • Up to 18 years: affected by bereavement, loss or change

Age Range:

  • Up to 18 years

Referral Route:

  • The Educational Psychology Service involvement is negotiated through the link Educational Psychologists and the Named Person in educational establishments (normally the Head Teacher or Depute Head Teacher in Primary Schools or the Head of Establishment in a pre-school provision)

Website:

  • N/A

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Ed-Psychology North Lanarkshire Council

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Ed-Psychology North Lanarkshire Council

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The Exchange

Category:

  • Care Experienced

Mental Health Support:

  • Counselling, flexible mental health interventions, community based

Eligibility: 

  • Age 16-26 years and care experienced

Age Range:

  • 16-26 years (care experienced)

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Therapeutic counselling service (The Exchange)

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Who Cares? Scotland – Advocacy

Category:

  • Care Experienced

Mental Health Support:

  • Advocacy, TNT Champions Board, Listening, Inclusion opportunities, Building skills/resilience

Eligibility: 

  • Care experienced young people and their family/carers

Age Range:

  • Up to 26 years

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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U-Turn

Glasgow Council on Alcohol – Young Person Peer Education Harm Reduction Service

Category:

  • Drugs/alcohol/gambling

Mental Health Support:

  • Early intervention and prevention for young people looking to address stigma and reduce harm caused by alcohol and drugs within their local communities. Peer Educators receive 1:1 support from workers and attend weekly group sessions to build on their confidence, leadership skills and work towards qualifications in a safe and nurturing environment

Eligibility: 

  • Would you like to talk to someone about your alcohol intake? Our Free and Confidential Helpline number is available for people who are experiencing difficulties due to their alcohol use. This number is free for all landlines and mobile numbers. You can also reach us on Facebook messenger, or fill in a referral form for someone to get back to you with your choice of communication.

Age Range:

  • 12 – 18 years

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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Barnardo’s Axis

Category:

  • Drugs/alcohol/gambling

Mental Health Support:

  • Provide support, advocacy, family support and individual support to address drug and alcohol issues

Eligibility: 

  • 11 – 21 years (26years if care experienced) and/or if affected by someone else’s substance misuse

Age Range:

  • 11 – 26 years

Referral Route:

  • Agency or self-referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Alcohol Drugs Partnership

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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Relax Kids

Category:

  • Feeling anxious/worried

Mental Health Support:

  • Relax Kids aims to support Families to build good emotional health through relaxation, mediation and values based classes

Eligibility: 

  • Children/Families who may be struggling with emotional regulation

Age Range:

  • 3 – 18 years

Referral Route:

  • Agency or self-referral

Website:

  • Twitter: @NLFamilyLearn

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Learning & Development/ North Lanarkshire Council

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Learning & Development

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Distress Brief Intervention (DBI)

Category:

  • I need to speak to someone now

Mental Health Support:

  • Individual, fast responding mental health support for young people experiencing distress

Eligibility: 

  • age 14+ experiencing distress and attending participating schools: Bellshill Academy, Kilsyth Academy, Coltness High & Airdrie Academy

Age Range:

  • 14 – 18 years (in school)

Referral Route:

  • Education referral (following assessment by Level 1 trained staff member)

Website:

  • N/A

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Lifelink

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Covey Befriending

Category:

  • My relationships (friendships)

Mental Health Support:

  • A range of individual and group support including: mentoring, befriending, social interaction, signposting, peer support, confidence building and resilience

Eligibility: 

  • A range of services can support those with: anxiety, mild-moderate depression, autism issues, self-harm, self-injury, trauma, ASN and their siblings, care experienced.

Age Range:

  • 8 – 26 years (up to 26 years if ASN or care experienced)

Referral Route:

  • Request for assistance from Health, Education or SW professional

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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Families Here and Now Service (FHANS)

Category:

  • Support for my family

Mental Health Support:

  • Emotional, practical and person-centred support for any family member, or whole families who need some support. Community based, individual support, group support or fun and issue-based group work.

Eligibility: 

  • For families who are not already working with social work or higher-level service, and who just need some help.

Age Range:

  • Children of all ages.

Referral Route:

  • Self-referral or any agency referral

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Families here and now service. A combination of providers including Barnardos, Impact Arts, Action for Children and Homestart.

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Kooth

Category:

  • Ways to help my wellbeing

Mental Health Support:

  • Online self-help, moderated peer support and professional support from accredited counsellors and emotional wellbeing practitioners. Anonymous registration via Kooth.com provides access to the site which includes articles, forums and 1:1 live chat and messaging

Eligibility: 

  • No threshold or criteria to meet, universal

Age Range:

  • Available for all 10 – 18 year olds (up to 26 for care experienced)

Referral Route:

  • Self-referral/registration at kooth.com

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Education

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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Lanarkshire Links

Category:

  • Ways to help my wellbeing

Mental Health Support:

  • Recovery initiatives putting a focus on service user and carer perspective, inspiring hope, optimism, and a focus on Recovery

Eligibility: 

  • Experience of mental health problems

Age Range:

  • 16 – 35 years

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Social Work/ NHS Lanarkshire

Locality:

  • Pan Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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The Exchange

Category:

  • Ways to help my wellbeing

Mental Health Support:

  • A range of support including counselling

Eligibility: 

  • Experiencing but not limited to: fragile or fractured relationships; anxiety and stress; bereavement and loss; alcohol and or substance misuse issues

Age Range:

  • 10 years plus

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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Liber8

Category:

  • Ways to help my wellbeing

Mental Health Support:

  • A range of support including counselling

Eligibility: 

  • Experiencing but not limited to: fragile or fractured relationships; anxiety and stress; bereavement and loss; alcohol and or substance misuse issues

Age Range:

  • 10 years plus

Referral Route:

  • Self or agency

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Education

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Voluntary Sector

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Living Life to the Full (LLTTF)

Category:

  • Ways to help my wellbeing

Mental Health Support:

  • LLTTF is a self-help Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based course that aims to give the participants skills to gain better control of their lives, feel less stressed and more able to cope with challenges. Community and School based

Eligibility: 

  • Age 11 plus in need of additional support for mental health

Age Range:

  • 11 – 18 years (Up to 26 for care experienced)

Referral Route:

  • Agency or self-referral

Website:

Contact Details:

Lead Agency:

  • Community Learning & Development/ North Lanarkshire Council

Locality:

  • North Lanarkshire

Delivering Organisation:

  • Community Learning & Development

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