Pastoral Care Work -
Denys Chew

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As your Pastoral Care Worker, she will provide practical support to:

STUDENTS by listening, taking an interest in them, being involved with their daily lives, facilitating activities and seminars and being a positive role model.
STAFF by being a supporting resource, providing a listening ear, encouragement, friendship and supporting their personal wellbeing.
FAMILIES by being a person of contact, listening, caring, providing support in times of crisis as well as being a referral to support services
COMMUNITY by being a link between churches, organisations, the wider community and the school community

PASTORAL CARE WORKERS

Provide pastoral care in a ‘first response’ capacity to critical incidents, refer to specialist support and to provide ongoing presence and follow-up
Work closely and in partnership with leadership and other wellbeing staff in schools to provide pastoral care and support to students, families and staff as requested.
Are well positioned to work across the whole school to ‘build a sense of’ community, harmony and cohesion.
Are trained and equipped to provide their school with a unique dimension of social, emotional and spiritual support in line with the DfE wellbeing framework.
Employed through SMG, who works closely with the SA Department for Education as a Service Provider for the National Schools Chaplaincy Program.

Denys's regular days at school are: