Winmalee High School

A positive education and positive behaviour for learning school

Telephone02 4754 2822

Emailwinmalee-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

School counselling service

School counselling staff are members of the school learning and support team.

A teacher may recommend the service by referring a student to the school’s learning and support team. As a parent or carer, you may refer your child directly to the school counselling service. Students can also self-refer to the service.

The school counselling service can:

  • support students who are worrying about school work, friends, getting in trouble at school or feeling down
  • help parents and carers make decisions about your child’s education
  • assess a student’s learning and behaviour
  • help teachers and students identify and address disabilities that may affect learning
  • liaise with other agencies regarding student wellbeing.

School counselling is confidential.

For more information about learning and support teams and the school counselling service, please contact your school.

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School Counsellors/Psychologists are available to students and families regarding:

  • Concerns about school progress and learning
  • Relationship conflicts with family or friends
  • Feelings of depression, unhappiness or sadness
  • High anxiety levels
  • Behaviour concerns at school and home
  • Other family difficulties
  • Stress regarding school, home, work or community

School Counsellor/Psychologists:

  • hold registration as a Psychologists and are attached to every government school. This means that all students from Kindergarten to Year 12 have access to Psychological Services;
  • provide counselling to students, individually and in groups;
  • work in consultation with the principal, school executive, staff, regional support services;
  • work collaboratively with learning support teams, parents and caregivers, and other agencies, to develop appropriate school-based support for students;
  • carry out cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural assessment of students referred by the learning support team, report the results of assessments and interventions to parents/carers and teachers, and collaborate to improve learning and wellbeing outcomes;
  • participate in student welfare committees;
  • assist in planning for students with special needs by involvement in review committees;
  • respond, as part of a team, to schools experiencing emergencies;
  • work with  principals regarding students on long-suspension with recommendations for future management;
  • assist and support parents and caregivers in addressing the social, emotional, and educational development of their children;
  • refer students and/or their families and caregivers to other agencies that will support the development of student health and wellbeing outcomes.

An appointment with the School Counsellor/Psychologist will:

  • Provide an explanation of how we work
  • Address issues of concern
  • Assist in clarifying options for the student and/ or family
  • Encourage the student to make their own decisions

We may also:

  • Look at new approaches to problems of concern
  • Assist in understanding psychological processes of the brain.
  • Carry out assessments to better understand any learning, mood or behavioural difficulties
  • Suggest ways to enhance learning
  • Suggest others who may help, and work together with staff within the school or other health care professionals outside of school.

Appointments

Our school counsellors are available to support students. Appointments can be made by students or parents/carers for over the phone or face to face sessions. Bookings can be made by phoning the school on 4754 2822. Please note, different counsellors are available on different days.

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We would like to welcome you to the Dharug and Gundungurra land on which our school resides, acknowledging that though the surrounding environment has changed over time, the spiritual connection between the land and indigenous peoples remains. We would like to thank all those who gather and respect this connection. We would also like to pay our respects to elders both past and present and extend that respect to those with indigenous heritage within our school community. (Troy Zoernleib – Vice Captain 2022)

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