A very busy corner of the school belongs to our counselling department! Our counselling team is Debbie Lamoral and Erin Erasmus and they combine the strengths of counselling + life skills + social work.
As an active part of our School Based Support Team our counsellors provide a framework of support to our individual learners, to our learners in the classroom, to our teaching staff and to our parents. Prevention and Intervention is the goal. Through an internal referral system learners in need of support are identified. Parents are contacted and sensitively drawn into the process of learners meeting with one of our counsellors for short term counselling. Professional referrals are made for those in need of more specialised interventions. The service is not limited to individual work, our counsellors are also found in the classrooms facilitating discussions; running workshops and teaching courses.
Our counsellors might well be the first port of call for many of our children and their families – they aim to be a bridge towards finding a new approach that is in the best interest of the children. We applaude those who seek help!