School Counsellors:
Sam Cooper (Mon, Tues, odd week Fri)
Laura Wheatley (Thurs, Fri, even week Fri)
The School Counsellors are experienced teachers with postgraduate training in school counselling. They strengthen schools' student welfare provisions and provide counselling and psychological assessment of students with special needs. They collaborate with teachers in classrooms to improve student learning outcomes. School counsellors work with students, parents or carers and teachers in a variety of ways.
Counselling support can be accessed through student self-referrals, the School Learning Support Team, parents/carers referrals and Principal or Deputy Principals' referrals.
School Counsellors -
Support Students by:
- providing a counselling service to students, individually and in groups.
- contributing to the assessment of students' needs to improve learning outcomes.
- assessing students' learning and behaviour
Support Teachers by:
- participating in the work of the School Learning Support Team and Student Welfare programs
- supporting schools in serious incident management.
- liaising with other agencies.
- providing support and recommendations regarding student suspensions.
- assisting schools to identify and address disabilities that affect students' learning
Support Parents/Carers by:
- assisting parents or carers to make informed decisions about their child's education.