Guidance Counsellor's Office
St.
Aidan’s supplies a comprehensive Career Guidance and Counselling service
to all its students. It helps students to grow in self-knowledge and self-esteem
by providing professional expertise and information to enable them make
constructive life choices. These choices are focused on the areas of personal,
educational and career issues.
The work of the Guidance Counselling Service includes:
• Personal - Development of social and
personal skills, self-awareness, problem solving, decision-making and
planning.
• Educational - Assessment using psychometric
tests, Study Skills, Exam Skills, Subject Choice, Course choice.
• Career - Career growth skills, Employment awareness, Training choices, Educational Choices and Job Getting Skills.•
Services - Guidance Counselling, Careers Library, Career Events, Guidance via Internet, and computer assisted guidance
• Referrals - by the guidance counsellor to appropriate
agencies where it is deemed necessary to satisfy the needs of the individual
student. Students may also be referred to the guidance counsellor by parents,
teachers or school management.
• Personal Counselling – helping
students to explore their thoughts and feelings and the choices open to
them; giving care and support to students learning to cope with the many
aspects of growing up.
Parents / Guardians are welcome to make an appointment to see the Guidance
Counsellor.