Counselling

Referral to psychologists

Referral to outside agencies

• Orygin Mental Health Service for over 15
• Royal children’s Hospital Mental Health Service for under 15 yrs
• Migrant Resource Centre
• Good Shepherd for child and family support
• Foundation House for newly arrived refugees

Alternative settings for students experiencing difficulties

• Sunshine Teaching Unit
• Kensington Community School
• Oasis Sunshine
• Doxa North Melbourne
• Fresh  Western Bulldogs program for over 15 years
• Travancore  Flemington

Health promotion and link to services

• West Casa  Sexual health 
• Das West   Drug and alcohol
• Butterfly Foundation  Eating disorders

Peer  Programs

• Year 10  Peer support with Year 7
• Peer Mediators
• Peer Drug Educators
• Year 11 Supportive Friends
• Year  9  Creating Conversations
• Year  8  Peer Leaders

Lunchtime Activities

• Bollywood – New arrivals
• Fusion  Program for Year 7 transition

Special Programs

• Shine- Girls self esteem  Year  9
• Good Starts - New arrivals mapping their journey to Australia 
• Boys Group  Year 7 & 8
• Girls  M – power  Year 7, 8, 9
• Study Skills Year 10
• Health day Year  8
• Drug and alcohol  health day   Year  9
• Classroom  relationship building workshops  Year 7 ,8, 9
• Health Promotion _ hygiene and puberty Year 7
• Loan library of student text books
• Emergency relief through agencies and individual brokerage
• Scholarship applications
• Books and clothing assistance through agencies
• Immigration application assistance for students wanting to bring family members to Australia.
• MRC interview assistance.
• Centrelink  applications and reference for students living out of home
• Legal assistance through contact with support agencies –students with public transport fines, court appearances.
• Notifications to Department of Human Services
• Liaising with DHS Refugee Unaccompanied Minors Program, Case Workers