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Introduction
Studying at college brings a wealth of opportunities and challenges. Alongside your studies, you will be managing day-to-day life. As a learner at SGS, we want you to enjoy your time at college, and to fulfil your true potential. To help you do this, we offer a wide range of support from course tutors, Education & Wellbeing Mentors, Youth Workers and College Counsellors. Support is always here, if you and when you need it.
SGS Wellbeing Service
Monday - Thursday, 09:00-17:00 and Friday 09:00-16:30
Filton Campus
Room CG02
07813993892 /
0117 9092336
Stroud Campus
Room 154
07903894515 /
01453 763424
WISE Campus
Room G32
07984540872 /
0117 9192605
Bristol Zoo & Queens Road
Wellbeing Office
07984540872 /
0117 9192605
Need somebody to talk to? Between SGS Wellbeing Service, our external
partnerships, and the NHS, there is somebody who can help. We can help
signpost or make referrals for you.
Services that we offer:
Our Education & Wellbeing Mentors can offer:
- 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
Our Safeguarding Officers are here to keep you safe from harm. If you are concerned about the safety of yourself or someone you know, then they can help.
We have a free and confidential counselling service at SGS College. It offers you a chance to explore any issues that you have, in a confidential environment. This will help you to make sense of some of these concerns, so that you can enjoy your time at college.
Our Youth Workers provide workshops around anxiety, body image, communication skills, resilience, staying safe and general wellbeing. They also host drop-in sessions, where you can get creative, or just have a chat. You will often see them walking around college, doing activities in the social spaces, or greeting learners at the gates in the mornings.
All learners at SGS College have free access to online mental health support from Togetherall. Maybe you are feeling overwhelmed, struggling socially or just not feeling yourself? Togetherall is a safe, anonymous, online community for mental health support that can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. www.togetherall.com.
We operate a free, confidential sexual health and relationship service, which includes access to free condoms.
We have a small foodbank on each of our campuses providing a range of free food items. We can also issue vouchers for local foodbanks.
We provide a selection of free period products for any learner that needs them.
Our multi-faith rooms provide a calm and neutral environment where prayer / time for reflection can be offered. Everyone is welcome, from all faiths to none.
Explore Our Wellbeing Services
Young Adult Carers
Who are 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.
How does caring impact a young person's life?
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)
What can SGS College offer young adult carers?
- 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.
- An online young adult carers peer support group, where young adult carers can come together to support each other and where we share information relating to young adult carers.
- Regular young adult carer drop-in sessions.
Young Adult Carer Leads - Jade Reid; [email protected] and Hannah Lind; [email protected]
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.
Children Looked After, Care Leavers and Children Previously Looked After
Who are Children Looked After, Care Leavers and Children Previously Looked After?
A child who has been in the care of their local authority for more than 24 hours and/or is subject to a care order or a placement order from court has 'looked-after' status. Whilst looked-after child remains the statutory description, 'child looked-after', 'child with care experience' or 'child in care' are also terms which are used.
Care leavers are young people aged 16-25 years old who have been in care at some point since they were 14-years old and were in care on or after their sixteenth birthday. These young people are statutorily entitled to some ongoing help and support from the local authority after they leave care.
Children previously looked after are those who are no longer looked after by a local authority because they are the subject of an adoption, special guardianship or child arrangements order. They are children who were in care and have now left care.
What can SGS College offer to Children Looked After, Care Leavers and Children Previously Looked After?
- A designated team with special responsibility for Children Looked After, Care Leavers and Children Previously Looked After, who will provide advocacy and liaise with Social Workers and the Virtual School to ensure these learners are fully supported during their time at college.
- Access to the SGS Wellbeing Service, where care experienced young people can get 1:1 support from an Education & Wellbeing Mentor or see the College Counsellor. The Wellbeing Service also provides Foodbank vouchers and free period products, to any learner in need.
- 3 Personal Education Plan (PEP) meetings per academic year for Children looked after.
- At least two careers' appointments per academic year with our qualified Careers Advisors. (Careers Advice)
- Financial Support. ( Financial Support (Money Management Service))
Being in care can have a profound and lasting impact on a young person's life. While every experience is unique, there are common challenges and long-term effects that these young people often face but with the right support, these young people can overcome challenges, achieve their goals and reach their full potential.
Lead Teacher for Children Looked After at SGS College is Pez Perrin; [email protected].
For any more information on how to access support please contact, [email protected].
Last updated, 23rd August 2021 @ 4:36pm.