The school also provides an independent counselling service, with a professional available one evening a week for the students to talk to – in addition to a 24-hour school counselling service.
A number of former teachers have been convicted of child sex abuse committed against a significant number of pupils at the school, counsel assisting the child abuse royal commission David Lloyd said.
Recent years have seen the establishment of universal post-primary school counselling provision in Northern Ireland and in secondary schools in Wales; and a policy commitment to providing access to school counselling to all pupils in Scotland by 2015 [ 4].
Involvement with other child and young people mental health agencies, including the established school counselling service, as indicated by a member of the pastoral care team and/or the young person at assessment.
Only 1% mentioned school counselling, 1% nominated helplines, 4% recommended talking with friends, 10% said that they would turn to a doctor, but over a third (35%) were unsure where to find help [ 31].
"Well, school counselling, I didn't really like it that much, because, like, the school counsellor saw friends of mine that needed counselling; and it was just messy 'cause they would have been talking about me or sort of those things (Interviewee 5)." In this general theme, the location of the youth service influenced access to the facility.
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The estimates were adjusted for by the following significant covariates: older age, being a female and having less prejudiced beliefs increased the probability of mentioning primary health care like the GP, school nurse, school counsellor or other counselling services as places to turn to for help.
