Who you will find at the Health Hub:
Guidance Officers
The service enables students to successfully balance an increasingly broad and challenging range of educational and developmental issues that face them in their progress through high school. These issues can include career goals, parent-adolescent relationships, grief and loss, peer relationships as well as mental health concerns.
Within the school the Guidance Officer works with other members of the Student Support team, administration and teaching staff for the benefit of the student.
Chaplain
Support includes: Brekkie Club, lunch time activities, Anime club, program delivery, 1:1 support, group intervention & social emotional support.
Indigenous Support officer
Support includes: Attending classes, assisting with assessments, social emotional support, Indigenous program delivery, 1:1 support & cultural connection.
Psychologist
This service enables students to access up to 10, weekly or fortnightly psychological intervention sessions at school. Presentations may include various anxieties; mild to moderate trauma; panic disorders; low mood and depression; stress management; resilience; self-esteem and confidence.
*This support can be accessed through the Guidance Officers.
School based Youth Health Nurse
The Youth Health Nurse can assist students in the following areas;
- Healthy eating and physical activity
- Feeling unhappy or stressed
- Relationships
- Sexual Health
- Smoking, alcohol and other drugs
- Personal and family problems
- Growth and development
Student Support Officer
The Student Support Officer can assist students in the following areas;
- Relationships
- Stress
- Promoting well-being and coping strategies
- Building resilience and positive wellbeing through workshops and programs
- Resources and other support service referrals
Health Hub Teacher Aide Support
Support includes: Attending classes, assisting with assessments, social emotional support, program delivery, 1:1 and group contact
Health Hub Admin Officer
Student triage, ‘Chill out’ support & supervision, monitor students Health Hub attendance, Liase with teachers to organise student work while in Health Hub
Health Hub Staff Contact
Programs on offer:
Chase the Sun
‘Chase the Sun’ program is a 10-week program aimed to help improve the lives of young people, providing them with a strong foundation of selfawareness, self-confidence, and mindfulness to assist empowerment both within schooling time + their future. The program combines Yoga Philosophy + Mindfulness tools in an approachable and enjoyable way, empowering their potential for pursuing their aspirations.
Transitions Program
Supporting students who are disengaging from OWSHS to transition to training; work; alternate education.
Esports
Students participate in a vibrant, interactive and participative space. This structure provides social opportunities and a sense of belonging that can evolve into friendships and improve social outcomes for students who wouldn’t typically seek the opportunity to socialise outside of class. Events are incursions, excursions, lunch & after school.
Mission Australia
One on One Program for students at risk of homelessness. Support includes Housing, Centrelink set up including transport to appointments, advocacy, home mediation. Further assistance available depending on individual circumstances.
Deadly Choices
“We aim to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to make healthy choices for themselves and their families – to stop smoking, to eat good food and exercise daily. Deadly Choices also encourages our people to access their local Community Controlled Health Service and complete an annual ‘Health Check’. In Aboriginal slang, if something is ‘deadly’ it is great. As such a Deadly Choice is a good choice, and we encourage community to make such choices each day”. https://deadlychoices.com.au/
Chic
CHIC is a workshop designed for young women between the ages of 11 and 15. It uses various fun, challenging activities and related discussion where participants explore issues including identity, self-worth, respect for others, relationships, bullying, social justice and conflict resolution. The sessions are interactive, and groups will be small (6-10 participants), to give the students an opportunity to explore these issues among peers, in a challenging but informal environment.
Stepping up
Improve young male health and wellbeing. We work with groups of boys and young men to increase their
resilience, empathy, and respect for self and others, and in doing so work to reduce the rates of suicides,
mental health issues, antisocial and risk-taking behaviours. Our goal is to mentor and develop their critical-thinking and decision-making skills, as well as normalise a definition of masculinity beyond "strong" and "stoic" to improve young men's relationships with themselves and those around them.