School Chaplaincy Program
The National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) is a Commonwealth-funded initiative to support the emotional wellbeing of students and the broader school community through the provision of pastoral care services.
The Program aims to support students through the provision of pastoral care services and the promotion of strategies that support the emotional wellbeing of students and the broader school community. Participation in the Program is voluntary for both schools and students.
School chaplains support the wellbeing of students by providing:
- pastoral care services, and
- strategies developed in consultation with the relevant school staff and school principal that support the wellbeing of the broader school community, for example: coordinating volunteering activities and support, breakfast clubs, lunch time activities, excursions, school incursions, and parent/carer workshops.
Social Worker
Wyndham College has a social worker student from Western Sydney University on staff ready to support students at the point of need. The school social work role is unique in its approach as it focuses on the student in the school environment in order to facilitate successful learning outcomes through the relief of distress, the removal of barriers or inequities, and the development of safe and inclusive schools and communities.
Our social worker student runs a breakfast club for students who would like to attend and meditation and relaxation sessions each week.
Skillbot App
The Wyndham College Well-being team recommends that students download the Skillbot App which was developed by a youth homeless case worker to assist young people transitioning to independent living and help with some of the common, and sometimes unusual, queries they have.
Situations that most adults take for granted, need to be learned, such as how to fill in a rental lease agreement. Young people don’t always have someone to teach them these things. The Skillbot App is available for download for both android and iOS devices.
