- Takes pressure off management to be expert in areas for which they are not specially trained;
- Increases school stability by reducing the risk of avoidable incidents and escalations occurring, which demand interventions and additional resourcing to calm things down;
- Initiates an external, objective support arrangement for staff, fully focused on caring for how staff are coping, and not enmeshed in the day to day running of the school, or school politics;
- Enhances the school’s reputation by demonstrating a well-functioning and increasingly capable wellbeing team in delivering what it has set out to do: improve student outcomes.
Counsellor, Supervisor, Educator