Helping you make the most of your academic and personal life at SGS College

SGS Wellbeing Service

The SGS Wellbeing Service is a team of specialist individuals who can support you to achieve your potential. The team includes:

• Education & Wellbeing Mentors
• Counsellors
• Safeguarding Officers

• Filton, Room CG02
• Stroud, Room 154
• WISE, Room G32
• Email us at [email protected]

• Monday-Thursday, 08:30-17:00
• Friday, 08:30-16:30

Information, Advice and Guidance

Each curriculum department at the College has its own Education & Wellbeing Mentor who can offer you:

• Confidential, objective information, advice and guidance
• Strategies and support to help you manage practically and emotionally
• Mediation and advocacy, helping you to communicate and resolve any conflicts
• Referrals or signposts to other services

Counselling

The College offers a free, confidential counselling service. You can be referred to this by speaking to your SGS Education and Wellbeing Mentor, or by emailing:

Prayer Room and Reflective Space

We offer a prayer room and reflective space on each of our campuses. Everyone is welcome, from all faiths to none. For more information, email [email protected].

Young Adult Carers

Young adult carers are young people aged 16-25 who care, unpaid, for a family member or friend with an illness or disability, mental health condition or an addiction. They may be caring as part of a family, or they may be the only person providing care. They are often taking on responsibilities you would expect of an adult. These might include, looking after siblings, shopping, paying bills, doing housework, cooking, providing physical care and emotional support, managing the family budget, collecting medication and helping to administer it.

Being a young adult carer can have many positive effects, such as:

• Greater sensitivity to others
• Enhanced life skills
• Strong family bonds

However, if young adult carers are not given proper support, there can be some serious impacts:

• Impaired educational, social, emotional, and physical development
• Incomplete education
• Poor social skills
• Permanent physical injuries (e.g. back injuries from lifting)

• A designated team with special responsibility for young adult carers.
• Access to our Wellbeing Service, where young adult carers can get 1:1 support from an Education & Wellbeing Mentor or see our College Counsellor. The Wellbeing Service also provides Foodbank vouchers and free period products, to any learner in need.
• We can put young adult carers in touch with the local Young Carers Service and can also put families in touch with other support services.
• Accessibility to parents who have mobility and communication difficulties, giving them the opportunity to be involved in parents' evenings.
• We will consider alternatives if young adult carers are unable to attend college due to their caring responsibilities.
• Enhanced 16-18 bursary for young adult carers (if eligible).
• An online young adult carers peer support group, where young adult carers can come together to support each other and information relating to young adult carers is shared.
• Regular young adult carer drop-in sessions with our Youth Work team.

Our Young Adult Carer Leads are - Jade Reid; [email protected] and Hannah Lind; [email protected]

Our Senior Leadership Team Young Adult Carer Lead is - Pez Perrin; [email protected]

For any more information on how to access support inside and outside of college, please speak with Hannah or Jade, who will be happy to help.

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