At BGKLLEN, we are dedicated to supporting the wellbeing of young people in our region. We understand that a student’s overall wellbeing plays a vital role in their ability to thrive both at school and in life. On this page, you’ll find a range of service providers and programs that may be able to assist students with their mental health, emotional support, and general wellbeing needs.
Student Wellbeing
School Information
Some students find that an alternative secondary school offers a more flexible, supportive, and personalised learning environment that better suits their individual needs, learning style, or life circumstances.
Here are some of the choices available:
School Refusal
Families and school systems across the world are struggling with school refusal, a problem that can strain family relationships and is associated with significant mental distress in young people…. read more
Mission Australia delivers the Navigator program across the Bayside Peninsula region… find out more
The School Refusal Clinic assists young people from Prep to Year 12, who are experiencing anxiety-based school avoidance and refusal…find out more
Family Life SFYS supports students who are vulnerable to, or showing signs of, disengaging from school… find out more
Other Initiatives
Bayside Wellbeing Network for teachers join via – JOIN NETWORK
Teachers, well-being staff and health practitioners can attend our annual BGK At Risk Forum – keep up to date subscribe to our newsletter – JOIN NEWSLETTER
Wellbeing agencies are invited to join the BGK Youth Network… find out more
Programs
The Big Sister Experience
Health and Wellbeing workshops
Inspiring the next
generation through self-confidence
and self-love to become the
capable, resilient and
empowered individuals of tomorrow.
Batyr
Cohort hear from a relatable young person sharing their mental health journey.
Batyr@school
Email
Programs
Open Parachute
Pastoral care program.
Apply through The Sebastian Foundation to cover the cost for the first year.
Open Parachute
First Nations Support
Derrimut Weelan Gathering Place
A place to for social inclusion, events & to develop wellbeing & cultural identity
199 Bay Trail, Mordialloc
Ph – 0499 086 798
website
website
Koorie education coordinators
Contact information to help connect schools and parents with Koorie education teams to support cultural inclusion and education guidance in their region
Presentations
Black Dog Institute
Free of charge Youth Presentations.
Insight, Mental Fitness, Navigating your teen’s mental health
Guest Speakers
Glenn Manton
Bachelors degree in Teaching.
Bachelors degree in Education.
Diploma in Mentoring.
Co-founded Whitelion
Glenn Manton
Jemima Montag
Australian Olympian.
2x Comm Games gold medalist.
Medical student Melbourne Uni.
Jemima-Montag
Resources
Anti-Anxiety Cards (set of 6)
RRP $5.00 per set (all 6 cards) includes postage. Securely PAY BY CREDIT CARD or for direct debit details contact connect@bgkllen.org.au
Apps
Sleep Ninja
Sleep Ninja® is a free, evidence based smartphone app shown to be effective in helping young people with sleep problems.
Half of all mental illnesses start during early high school by 14 years. At this critical stage of development, 40% of young people will face significant sleep problems heightening their risk of anxiety or depression.
By addressing good quality sleep, we are setting up the foundations to promote emotional, social and physical wellbeing and academic performance, now and in the future.
Sleep Ninja® was designed and developed at the Black Dog Institute in consultation with young people, their parents/carers, psychologists, counsellors, and sleep experts. It is the first adolescent-focused app which helps young people improve their sleep. It’s free to use and backed by research.
Based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Sleep Ninja teaches strategies across six ‘training sessions’ to develop healthy sleep habits and improve sleep quality.
Help teens prepare for a good night’s rest with Sleep Ninja®, which is available to download free on the App Store and Google Play.
Support
Alfred CHYMS
Mental health service across the Inner South region of Melbourne, covering the LGAs of Port Phillip, Glen Eira, Stonnington, Bayside and Kingston. For schools: Direct referral of young people experiencing mental health, emotional, behavioural or developmental difficulties. Also able to provide referrers with a secondary consultation Contact
ESafety
Go To eSafety for Advice And Resources On Keeping You And Your Students Safe Online. They educate Australians about online safety risks and help to remove harmful content such as cyberbullying of children, adult cyber abuse and intimate images or videos shared without consent. Resources For First Nations Mob. Advice For Parents. Online Safety Research. Resources For Women. The site includes latest info on deep fakes, sextortion, trolling and more, you can also report incidents via this platform
Disability Employment Support
Disability Employment Services (DES) can help you find and keep a job if you have a disability, injury or health condition. They also help employers to support employees with disability in the workplace…find out more
Opinions expressed by the external providers above are not necessarily endorsed by the BGKLLEN.