School counselling staff are members of the school learning and support team.
A teacher may recommend the service by referring a student to the school’s learning and support team. As a parent or carer, you may refer your child directly to the school counselling service. Students can also self-refer to the service.
The school counselling service can:
- support students who are worrying about school work, friends, getting in trouble at school or feeling down
- help parents and carers make decisions about your child’s education
- assess a student’s learning and behaviour
- help teachers and students identify and address disabilities that may affect learning
- liaise with other agencies regarding student wellbeing.
School counselling is confidential.
For more information about learning and support teams and the school counselling service, please contact your school.
Our counsellors
Ms Harriet Hulme (Monday and Tuesday) and Ms Karlina Panagiotaros (Wednesday and Friday) are Sir Joseph Banks High School’s school counsellors. They are available to assist when students are experiencing personal, social, psychological or learning problems.
Students reach out by simply filling out a quick self-referral slip located on their office door. The form can also be accessed here as well as logging in to the Student Sentral portal and sending them a message.