Youth Worker Support
Salisbury High School has a team of youth workers that form our Student Wellbeing Team. They aim to provide advice and support to students who may be facing personal or social challenges, while encourage student learning. Through building positive relationships with students, our Student Wellbeing Team aim to establish trust and rapport so they can better understand the needs and contexts of students and provide effective support or referrals to other external services.
The Wellbeing team works closely with Senior Leaders, Care Group teachers, subject teachers, parents/guardians, and the wider school community to support and advocate for the best outcome for the student and their education.
Groups, programs and wider school projects are run regularly by the Wellbeing Team to provide an opportunity to further support students in particular areas such as: Wellbeing Day, Oasis program, Operation Flinders, Anxiety: Train your brain, Bicycle SA Bike Club, Rhythm2Recovery, Seasons for Growth, DJ program, Cultural Awareness PD and Girls Group.
Schools Mental Health Service
The School Mental Health Service provides mental health practitioners based in schools to support young people with mild to moderate and emerging mental health concerns. Salisbury High School joined the service in 2024 and has a mental health practioner based on site full time.
Referrals can be made through the Student Wellbeing team
Pastoral Care Worker
The Pastoral Care Worker (PCW) supports the school and the wellbeing team in its aim to be a safe and supportive learning environment, by providing social, emotional and spiritual support, role modelling and mentoring, engaging in school internal and external activities, and being the link between the community and the school. They do this by being a listening ear, a source of encouragement and friendship, promoting positive wellbeing, facilitating community engagement through seminars and activities, and offering referral to the appropriate support services.
PCW - Sophie White
A PCW does not promote nor discriminate on the grounds of any particular ideology, but works to enable a supportive, inclusive and caring learning environment within the school for all students.
Smith Family Partnership School - Learning for Life Program
The Learning for Life program works in partnership with families to support their children's education and increase their chances of success at school. The program supports children's education from primary to post-school studies, like TAFE or University.
To be eligible for Learning for Life, you must:
- Have a Health Care or Pension Concession Card
- Have a child in year 7 or year 8 that attends Salisbury High school
- Support your child to attend school regularly
Families that meet the eligibility criteria are encouraged to apply for a scholarship to receive payments from $478 per year per student, to help with education expenses like uniforms, backpacks, excursions and camps.
Please contact the school for further information, or to register your interest in Learning for Life.
Breakfast Program
Breakfast is considered an important meal because it breaks the overnight fasting period, replenishes the supply of glucose and provides other essential nutrients to keep energy levels up throughout the day. This helps students' ability to focus, learn and retain the new concepts they are learning about.
The Breakfast Program at Salisbury High School runs on Monday to Friday mornings from 8:00am - 8:30am. Our Breakfast Program is completely free and available to any student who would like something to eat in the morning. Toasted cheese sandwiches and milo are available.
Thank you to Kickstart for Kids and Cos We Care who support our school breakfast program by providing us with the goods needed for the breakfast.
My School Dentist Program - Australian Dental Foundation
The Wellbeing team supports running My school Dentist. The largest program of its kind, My School Dentist is an onsite dental program which supports convenient access to no out of pocket expense oral health care and education to students at kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools.
Immunisations - year 7's and Year 10's
The Wellbeing team supports running South Australia's School Immunisation Program. This provides free recommended vaccines for students as part of the National Immunisation Program.
Fully trained and qualified immunisation teams (health workers) visit all high schools in South Australia to deliver the program.
Year 7 students are offered diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) (dTpa) and human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations, and Year 10 students are offered meningococcal ACWY and meningococcal B vaccinations.
