Pastoral Care at St Edmund's College

St Edmund's College endeavours to create a supportive and safe learning community in an environment of care.  This is achieved by our pastoral team including House Deans, homeroom teachers, the College Counsellor and the school's teaching staff working together to develop supportive relationships with students and families.
  

House Structure
The St Edmund’s College pastoral care structure is based upon a vertically organised house system which supports students’ welfare and behaviour management, as well as providing opportunities for intra-school cultural and sporting competitions
 
 
Our houses are named after significant people and places in the life of our school community.
  • Ambrose – Brother Ambrose Purcell was a member of the St Edmund’s College community
  • Callan – Callan was the place of Edmund Rice
  • Finn – Patrick Finn was one of Edmund Rice’s closest friends and a founding member of the Christian Brothers
  • Morgan – Brother J. Morgan was the first Principal of St Edmund’s
  • Rice – Edmund Rice was the founder of the Christian Brothers
  • Treacy – Brother Treacy was the founder of the Australian Province of the Christian Brothers
Each of these Houses is led by a Pastoral Dean. The House Dean for each House is as follows:
 
Ambrose - Mr Noel Gardner     Callan - Mr Michael Podolak     Finn - Mrs Anthea Osborne
 
Morgan - Mr David Mills           Rice - Mrs Vanessa Cobbin        Treacy - Mr Tim Acutt     
 
The continuity of care provided by the Dean responsible for each house is a significant advantage of this system. Similarly, the vertical organisation of homerooms operates in such a way that students develop strong pastoral relationships with their homeroom teachers and other members of the College community. Importantly, these structures acknowledge that boys' education is a relational undertaking and emphasises our concern for the development and growth of those boys in our care.

 

 

Student Protection

 St Edmund's College has at its heart a belief in and commitment to just and proper relationships.  As a consequence, the College is highly committed to the principles of child protection.  The College's principles and procedures for complying with legislation in this area are directed by Edmund Rice Education Australia (Northern Region) policy documents including the Code of Conduct for Interacting with Children and Young People and the Student Protection Policy.  These policies have in place practices and procedures for the mandatory reporting of actual or potential harm to students.  Furthermore, as a Catholic school, the College adheres to the policies, practices and procedures of the Church's Towards Healing: Principles and Procedures in Responding to complaints of Abuse Against Personnel of the Catholic Church in Australia.

 

In addition to the aforementioned policies the following documents are also relevant to student protection.

Child Protection Risk Management Compliance Policy pdficon_small.gif

Screening Policy and Guidelines  pdficon_small.gif

 

The College has four Child and Youth Protection Contacts who can be contacted by students, parents and staff:

 

Mr Brendan Lawler - Principal

Mr Trevor Goodwin - Assistant Principal Students

Mrs Vanessa Cobbin - Rice House Dean

Mr Andrew Kennelly - College Counsellor

 

 

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes have jointly agreed that the document entitled Integrity in Ministry be distributed as a code of conduct for all clergy and religious in ministry.  The document acknowledges that sometimes Church Ministers 'fall short of the behavioural standards they set for themselves' and outlines the 'procedures to be followed when a serious breach of the code of conduct is brought to the notice of a Church Authority'.

 


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