Our main aim at Cranbrook state School is for our chaplaincy service to contribute to school welfare. Chaplains work proactively to build relationships with students as the basis for enhancing students’ wellbeing, rather than simply responding to problems that arose.
We aim for our chaplain to be accessible and approachable and students able to initiate consultation with chaplains. We also aim for students to see them as different from other school staff, as ‘neutral’ or ‘non-aligned’, partly because they did not have teaching or disciplinary roles.
Our chaplain approaches welfare holistically, working with families and communities, as well as individual students. They approach their task flexibly according to the needs they identified within the school.
