Counselling Services
Overview
School Counsellors provide support to students with personal or academic
challenges while Student Welfare Officers help students with attendance
issues to continue their schooling. Learn about the support in schools.
Counselling involves providing a safe environment for students to share
their challenges and work through their social, emotional, behavioural
and mental health issues with a trained counsellor.
A School Counsellor supports students by helping them learn and use strategies
to manage and cope with their emotions or situation and enables them to
make choices for positive change and development.
Student Welfare Support refers to the work with students with attendance
issues. These students may not attend school regularly due to their family
or home situations, lack of motivation for learning or poor peer influence.
A Student Welfare Officer assesses the needs of students with poor school
attendance and works with community partners, parents and teachers to address
their needs and help them return to school.
The 3 levels of counselling in schools are
1. Support by form teachers
Students are encouraged to talk to their form teachers who will provide
the first level of support.
2. Referral to counsellors or student welfare officers
Students who need specialised attention may be referred to a teacher-counsellor,
school counsellor while those with irregular attendance or are involved
in statutory cases are referred to student welfare officers. School counsellors
also provide early intervention for students facing social, emotional or
mental health challenges.
3. Referral to specialists or community agencies
Students who require more intensive intervention will be referred to our
Lead School Counsellors, Lead Student Welfare Officers or mental
health professionals from the multi-disciplinary Response, Early intervention,
Assessment in Community mental Health (REACH) or social service agencies.
Where are we located?
Counselling Hub (Level 1), Opposite Chillax room.
How to Contact Us?
If you are in school:
* You may speak to the counsellor directly
* Through your Form Teacher or Subject teachers
* Drop us a note in the drop-in box
If you are outside school:
Call the General Office @ 6308 9898 and ask them to transfer you to our school counsellors.
Or leave your name and contact number for us to get back to you.
You are Important to Us!
Other Useful Numbers
Here are some useful telephone numbers for student(s)/parent(s):
Youth Drop-In Centre – WEST
Singapore Children’s Society-Jurong Youth Centre
Tel : 6566 6989
SOS (Samaritans of Singapore)
Tel : 6220 7758
Whispering Hearts Family Service Centre
Tel : 6795 1008
Lakeside Family Centre
Tel : 6567 1908