Year 7 & 8 Administrative & Course Handbook

STUDENT WELFARE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES The Mooroolbark College student support services personnel consist of: • A full time Student Welfare Coordinator and a Chaplain who is at the College two days a week. • Access to SSSO (Student Support Services Officers) these include are a broad range of professionals including Psychologists, Guidance Officers, Speech Pathologists, Social Workers and Visiting Teachers. • A Curriculum Support Coordinator as well as Integration Aides and voluntary teacher aides and tutors. FIRST AID • Our First Aid Attendant - We are fortunate to have the services of qualified first aid personnel who provide care for students who become unwell or who are injured at the College. Where illness or injury is deemed to be serious, parents will be contacted and emergency treatment sought. It is therefore vital that every student enrolled in our College has completed a medical emergency form and updated information is provided as required. • Ambulance - Mooroolbark College prioritises the mental and physical wellbeing of all students and therefore reserves the right to call an ambulance. The College provides a strong welfare network and structure to ensure all students are supported and cared for. • Home Group teachers, House Leaders and Cluster Coordinators, as well as subject teachers are actively engaged in the pastoral care of students. Serious concerns are referred to the Student Welfare Coordinator. • Student support services design, prepare and implement programs such as Girlfriends Program which, through its training, aim to empower students who can in turn empower others to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. More directly, these programs aim to foster a supportive and caring College environment. • The Student Welfare Coordinator and SSSOs provide access to counselling and assessment services within the College and through its extensive community network, provides appropriate individual and family counselling as well as emergency support services. • Parents/Guardians are encouraged to contact members of the College’s Welfare team should they have any concerns at all regarding the welfare of their child. Home Group teachers, Cluster Coordinators, House Leaders, will be only too happy to discuss parent’s concerns and explore solutions. YEAR 7 & 8 ADMINISTRATIVE & COURSE HANDBOOK CONTENTS