Family Support Team

St Vincent’s Hospice cares for and supports people in Renfrewshire and the adjoining areas of North Ayrshire who are living with a life limiting illness. We also support their carers and other loved ones.

Family Support Team

Our Family Support Team is dedicated to helping you and your loved ones navigate the challenges of living with a life-limiting illness.

This can be practical support where you might be concerned about money, housing issues, organising care at home, thinking about longer-term care, arranging wills or power of attorney. For issues like this and others, our Social Worker Isobel McWilliams is happy to help.

If you think you might benefit from counselling to help you meet the difficult emotions, thoughts and experiences of your journey, our counselling team is guided by our primary counsellor, Karen Snadden (MBACP Accred) and can support you in a held, therapeutic space. Our counselling team offers one-to-one sessions and runs therapeutic groups through the year.

St Vincent’s Hospice For people under the age of 18, our Children & Young People’s Workers offers a dedicated bereavement support service to help children and young people, aged 2-18, to cope with the loss of a loved one. Our Children & Young People’s Workers, Alison Provan and Jane Russell, use a range of tools, including talking therapy and play, to build relationships and support them with their grief.

Living with life-limiting illness, questions, thoughts, emotions, resistances and a range of other reactions and responses can arise. As you meet difficult experiences, it can be helpful to talk with someone who knows how to listen and who can provide support. You are an individual human being and we are committed to honouring your individual journey and your own expression of your spirituality. Our spiritual care at St Vincent’s is led by Maitrisattva (my-tree-sat-vah) who is assisted in meeting the needs of those in our care by our volunteer chaplains and the wider care team.

If you would like to find out more about how the Family Support Team can support you, please get in touch using our contact form. If you’d like to make a referral, please use our referral form.

To access some helpful resources, including guided meditations, please visit our resources page.