Pastoral Care and Wellbeing News
Welcome to Term 3!
We would like to acknowledge everybody’s wonderful work and efforts to adapt to changes made to support our school community in commencing Term 3. Well done to the Years 8 and 9 students who have worked remotely during their designated days, and to all students and staff for adapting to the staggered lunch breaks. We also acknowledge the additional challenges that come with being a border community during this time.
Great work everyone, thank you!
We understand that this can be a challenging time, so would like to again share some external supports that may be useful to you:
Some additional resources and supports
Websites
BIte Back: https://www.biteback.org.au/
Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au
Life Line: https://www.lifeline.org.au/ 13 11 14
Kids Help Line: https://kidshelpline.com.au/ 1800 55 1800
LOCAL FACE TO FACE DIRECT SUPPORT:
Echuca Moama and surrounds has a variety of psychologists, social workers and counsellors that provide support to community members for issues relating to mental health, relationships, anxiety, stress, mood disorders. Grief and loss, self esteem and a range of other issues. People may obtain a mental health care plan through their GP to receive a number of fee subsidised appointments.
- Thrive Wellness & Consulting Ph: 5482 3143
- N8 Health (Psychology) Ph: 5480 2981
- Echuca Primary Care Clinic (Counselling) Ph: 5485 5800
- Country Wide Psychology & Counselling Ph: 5480 0622
In the event of a mental health emergency, please contact:
- Victorian residents (Mental Health triage) 1300 363 788
- NSW residents (Access Line) 1800 011 511
Or attend your local emergency department for assessment.
APPS:
Self Help for Anxiety Management (SAM): offers a range of self-help methods to help you manage anxiety. It has been developed by psychologists and provides 25 self-help options on anxiety, relaxation and health. You are encouraged to use the resources and tools in SAM to build your own anxiety toolkit that will help you cope when you're feeling anxious.
MoodMission: helps you learn new and better ways of coping with low moods and anxiety. Tell MoodMission how you’re feeling and it will give you a tailored list of 5 Missions that can help you feel better. Missions are activities and mental health strategies that are quick, easily achievable, and backed up by scientific evidence.
Smiling Mind: is a meditation app for young people. It has been developed by a team of psychologists and uses mindfulness to boost calmness, contentment and clarity. Mindfulness meditation has been shown to help manage stress, resilience, anxiety, depression and improve general health and wellbeing.
Calm Harm: provides tasks that help you resist or manage the urge to self harm. You can add your own tasks too and it's completely private and password protected.
Headspace: is meditation made simple. The app takes you through the basics of meditation, with progress pages to track your stats and reminders to help you with your practice.
The Check-in: is for anyone who wants to check in with a friend but is concerned about saying the wrong thing or making the situation worse.
Recovery Record: can help you manage your journey to recovery from eating disorders. You can keep track of your progress, get affirmations, set personalised reminders schedules and use other self-help activities.
Breakup Shakeup: provides ideas for fun, easy things to do to help you cope after a breakup. The app teaches you that planning activities and increasing your social support will help you recover faster.