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Wellbeing support for Term 3
Wellbeing support for Term 3
Year Advisors
Year Advisors
Every year group now has their own Google Classroom run by the Year Advisors. You can reach your Year Advisor at your Google Classroom. If you don't have access, email your Year Advisor through the school email address penrith-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au (put their name in the subject) and ask for the code.
School Counsellor
School Counsellor
If you want to speak with the school counsellor you will need to email the school email address: penrith-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au
In the subject you can put "attention school counsellor"
In the email, include your name and mobile number.
The school counsellor will call you during school hours when possible. Their call will come up as "private number" on your display.
There may be a delay with return calls. If you need urgent help or other support, contact one of the numbers below, in the 'support services' section.
Support Services
Support Services
ONLINE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT:
Below are few online approved mental health support services for our Mental Health Consumers. Please feel free to circulate to your teams/colleagues.
Head to Health can help you find digital mental health services from some of Australia's most trusted mental health organisations.
Provided by the Australian Department of Health, Head to Health brings together apps, online programs, online forums, and phone services, as well as a range of digital information resources.
Whether you are trying to improve your own sense of wellbeing, looking for help with something that is bothering you, or helping someone you care about-Head to Health is a good place to start.
https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/
• headspace: visit headspace.org.au for eheadspace or more information
e-headspace provides free online and telephone support and counselling to young people 12 - 25 and their families and friends. If you're based in Australia and going through a tough time, eheadspace can help.
https://kidshelpline.com.au/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0oqYkZev6AIVkoWPCh2XYAE3EAAYASAAEgL_WPD_BwE
• Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800 or kidshelpline.com.au
Kids Helpline is an Australian free, private and confidential, telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 25.
www.blackdoginstitute.org.au or (02) 9382 4530
Coronavirus: Anxiety, Stress & Wellbeing- Black Dog Institute has evidence-based resources to help individuals, workplaces, schools and parents.
Are you worried about novel coronavirus (COVID-19)?
Kids Helpline is still open to answer your call, email or WebChat There's a lot of information and confusion out there about COVID-19 and things feel a bit uncertain. If you're feeling stressed, worried or anxious, we're here for you. Give us a call, start a WebChat or send us an email.
Things might change or progress quickly. We'll make sure we keep you up-to-date on Kids Helpline here on our homepage and on our Instagram.
Need health info? You can call the Coronavirus Health Information Line on 1800 020 080.
On the Line's social health business model is anchored in supporting and counselling people in their relationships. We offer tailored services along the mental health continuum from high needs/crisis support, to the worried well, and integrated wellbeing.
Operating out of purpose built offices in Melbourne, our highly trained workforce delivers telephone, web chat and video counselling, and social media moderation services 24/7 to more than 100,000 people each year.
We have a workforce of over 90 professional counsellors, social workers and psychologists. Our counsellors are tertiary qualified in either psychology, social work or counselling and are required to have a minimum of 456 hours of post tertiary qualification counselling experience before joining.
All our counsellors are multi-skilled across telephone, web chat and video counselling modalities and highly experienced providing interventions from crisis support to general counselling and social health support.
On the Line's services are underpinned by a robust clinical governance framework that ensures the delivery of high-quality care and the maintenance of professional standards.
ParentWorks is a free online program for Australian parents and caregivers of children 2 to 16. It provides evidence-based parenting strategies to improve parenting skills, confidence and child behaviour. This means that the strategies in the program have been tested and found to work.
Parents and caregivers may find this program helpful for:
* Managing challenging child behaviours such as tantrums, aggression, noncompliance, inattentive or hyperactive behaviour, sibling conflict, getting ready for school and/or bed, and behaviours outside the home, such as problems in the supermarket
* Increasing their confidence in parenting
* Working as a team with their partner
beyondblue: 1300 224 636 or beyondblue.org.au
Beyondblue- Looking after your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak Beyond Blue recognises and understands the feelings of anxiety, distress and concern many people may be experiencing in relation to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and offers the following wellbeing advice.
COVID-19 Beyond Blue Website-
https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/
Below are some additional support services for young people
Contact the following external agencies:
• Lifeline: 13 11 14 or lifeline.org.au
• Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 or suicidecallbackservice.org.au
• ReachOut: reachout.com
• SANE Australia: 1800 187 263 or sane.org
eSafety Commissioner
eSafety Commissioner
Please see eSafety’s communication in relation to school leaders and teachers and for parents and carers during these current conditions.
For any emergency requiring ambulance, firefighters, police, you should call 000
Friends
Friends
It is very important to stay connected with your friends.
Use video call to see your friends and have a chat. Text messages and written communication can only express so much. Good communication has facial expressions, tone of voice, movement, eye contact, gestures and posture.
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