The Harvey Senior High School Student Services team work collaboratively with all staff, students, families and outside support agencies to build student capacity and assist students to achieve their personal best. As well as overseeing and implementing school policies, Student Services at Harvey SHS implements positive school programs such as the Respectable points and Raffles, Attendance Rewards and end of year reward excursions. Student pastoral care is a holistic approach at Harvey and all staff are actively engaged in the wellbeing of students.
The Harvey SHS Student Services addresses four (4) main priorities:
- Promoting positive student behaviour
- Improve student attendance
- Support student mental health
- Provide academic support
The team consists of a Student Services Manager, Year Coordinators, School Psychologist, Chaplain, AIEO, and Community Health Nurse.
Some of the services we provide for our students include:
- Pastoral care and mentoring
- Academic, behaviour and attendance monitoring and management.
- Individual Education Plans
- Facilitation of communication between parents, students and staff at our school
- Academic support, assessment and monitoring
- Course and career advice where relevant
- Psychological assessment and counselling
- Health and wellbeing advice
- Referrals to other agencies/health professionals
- Orientation and transition to high school
- Organisation of student social activities
- Difficulties in relating to other students, teachers and parents;
- Educational testing of students experiencing difficulty with their school work;
- Assisting parents to handle parent-child conflict situations through individual interviews or parent education groups.
The Student Services staff are all professional practitioners qualified in addressing education, health care, behavioural and/or psychological issues.
School psychologists play a key role in supporting students, parents, teachers and school administrators.
With more than 550 school psychologists in public schools across Western Australia, we are the largest employer of psychologists in the state. We are a growing service, with a commitment to recruit more than 100 additional psychologists to provide support for students and promote positive mental health.
Working in a range of educational settings, school psychologists provide services in the areas of mental health and wellbeing, disability, behaviour, learning and motivation, incident management, change management and organisational development.
Our public schools are diverse, which means our students and their needs vary considerably. As a school psychologist, you have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of many young people, working directly with students, school leaders and staff, parents, the community and interagency partners.
The Community Health Nurse works closely with the school staff to foster self care by:
- encourage students to take responsibility for their own health
- promote healthy lifestyle choices
- provide health information and education on an individual and group basis
- promote the first aid principles and a whole school approach to provision of first aid care
- assist students with chronic health conditions
- Monitoring and support of children at risk
- Promoting and supporting immunisation programs.
The role of the School health nurse in high school is primary health care and health counselling of adolescents.
Primary health care and health promotion are the basis of community health nursing. The core concepts include:
- promotion of health as a state of physical, social and emotional well-being
- identification of community needs
- participation by individuals and communities in their own health care
- collaboration across disciplines and agencies to achieve positive health outcomes
- culturally sensitive services
- focus on promotion of healthy life styles, prevention and early intervention including Promoting and supporting immunisation programs within the school.
School facilities allow for the provision of basic first aid only. They are not designed for sick or injured students to remain at school. Parents/guardians will be notified when students are unable to continue class participation and they will be responsible for transport to home or hospital for care. Ambulance costs are directed to the parents/guardians.
Students are encouraged to limit visits to the nurse to scheduled breaks or before or after school. Their teacher’s permission is required to attend during class times. Appointments are required for non-urgent consultation.
For more information go to www.immunise.health.gov.au
Each year YouthCARE help thousands of students, staff and family members in Western Australian public school communities by providing an essential social, emotional and mental health support service.
YouthCARE chaplains are there to listen, and provide a supportive place to talk. We offer confidential, non-judgmental pastoral care and programs based on respect, compassion and service. YouthCARE chaplains are trained in pastoral care, with ongoing training opportunities provided to specialise in critical incidences, community members living in isolation and mental health initiatives.
Our aim is to support young people and their communities who may be facing challenging personal and social issues. We listen, understand and refer to extra help, if it’s appropriate.
YouthCARE Chaplains are placed according to an individual schools needs after undergoing a rigorous application process including qualification assessments, interviews, reference checks, internationally recognised vocational psychological screening and a comprehensive 3 day induction training.
Coordinators
Alanna Vine
Coordinator of Years 7 and 10
Dave Ford
Coordinator of Years 8 and 11
Tasha Leggo
Coordinator of Years 9 and 12