Our Guidance Officer works closely with students and their families, teachers, non-teaching professionals and in some instances outside community support agencies and departmental agencies.
They do this in order to provide a wide range of support to students.
A Guidance Officer's responsibilities include:
working directly with students and teachers, support personnel, family and other specialists/professionals
providing guidance and brief counselling services to students
performing case management and referral services to optimise students' access and engagement in education
observational and psychoeducational assessments to inform student learning.
preparing and implementing professional and personal skill development programs for the school community
working collaboratively with other school-based support personnel to assess and address the needs of students
planning or assisting in planning support programs that can help students achieve positive outcomes
identifying factors that can be barriers to the learning and development of students
supporting the personal and social development of students.