Welfare & Guidance
Supporting your Education
Welfare and guidance are available to all students, and students are encouraged to seek the help from the Academy should they need it throughout their learning.
The following Contact numbers may be useful for students:
- Ambulance: 000
- Shellharbour Medical Centre: 02 4297 0037
- Wollongong Medical Centre: 02 4254 2600
- Lake Illawarra Police: 02 4232 5599
- Head Space: 03 9027 0100
- Centrelink: 132 468 (General Enquiries)
- Fair Trading: 13 32 20
- Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
Useful Links to Students:
- 5 Ways to Wellbeing: https://5waystowellbeing.org.au
- Beyond Blue: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
- Black Dog Institute: https://blackdoginstitute.org.au
- Head to Health: https://headtohealth.gov.au
- Heads Up: https://www.headsup.org.au/
- Mindspot: Online assessment and treatment for anxiety and depression https://mindspot.org.au
- My Compass: Self help tool for mental health https://www.mycompass.org.au/
- Smiling Mind: Free app for mindfulness skills https://smilingmind.com.au/
- Work Wellbeing: https://beyou.edu.au/fact-sheets/wellbeing
- Eheadspace: provides free online and telephone support and counselling to young people 12 – 25 and their families and friends https://headspace.org.au/eheadspace/
- QLife: provides anonymous and free LGBTI peer support and referral for people in Australia https://qlife.org.au/