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The aim of student welfare is to promote the learning, health and well-being of students.
Student welfare means the services of psychologists, school social workers and school health care. Student welfare is executed as multidisciplinary co-operation between Education Division and Welfare Division. Close co-operation is conducted with students and their parents as well as with other partners in co-operation if needed. Student welfare is organized as communal student welfare and individual student welfare.
Individual student welfare includes
- school health care services
- student welfare psychologist and social worker services
- multi-disciplinary student welfare that relates to an individual student
The aim of individual student welfare is to monitor and improve the student’s
- development
- health
- well-being
- learning
It is important to secure early support and to prevent problems.
Student welfare creates preconditions for solidarity, care and open interaction within the school community. Methods that increase participation also contribute to the prevention of problems, the early identification of problems and organization of required support.