Support Staff Profiles
Name: Tahlia Sunol - Role at Queechy: Chaplain
What does your work as a chaplain involve?
Listening, talking, kindness and fun activities! Being a safe person for students to connect with who are in a crisis, need extra help or just need a friend to talk to. Helping students find meaning, connection, purpose and hope in difficult situations.
What types of support do you offer students/families?
Promoting wellbeing through social, emotional and spiritual support. Referrals to other support staff if needed.
What’s your super talent?
Pub trivia.
How to get in touch:
Email: tahlia.sunol@decyp.tas.gov.au
What does you work as a Nurse involve?- Promotion of good health and wellbeing
- Vision and hearing screening
- Local, state and national health promotion initiatives
- Health education aligned with the Australian Curriculum. This includes healthy relationships, addictions and risk behaviours. Examples are: drug and alcohol, resilience and mental health, body esteem physical activity, and nutrition.
- Consulting with schools regarding the management of complex medical conditions.
- Supporting schools to address any medical issues that may be impacting learning.
- Drop-in clinics for senior secondary students to empower their health choices.
What types of support do you offer students / families?
1:1 or group interventions, presentation to students and staff and assist teachers in curriculum delivery
What’s your super talent?
Can slice a golf ball across two fairways
How to get in touch:
Email: peter.j.jacobson@decyp.tas.gov.au
Name: Benfes (Ben) Taban - Role at Queechy: School Social Worker
What does your work as a School Social involve?
I help students access their academic potential, create safe and inclusive schools, remove barriers to learning, address systemic issues like discrimination and inequality, and advocate for students' right
What types of support do you offer students / families
As a school social worker, I provide 1:1 support to students. I also do group work with students to support with mental health, anxiety, friendship issues, referral to external support providers and any issues that a young person might be experiencing. I also provide support to parents around behaviour management. My work also includes doing home visits and liaising between school and home to support the learning of young people.
What’s your super talent?
My super talent is commitment and self-motivation, I stick to routine no matter how difficult or challenging it may seem. Like getting up every morning at 4:20am to get to the gym
How to get in touch:
Email: ben.taban1.@decyp.tas.gov.au
What does your work as a school psychologist involve?
I’m still very new to Queechy, but I’d like my work to involve providing a safe space for students, so they feel comfortable, happy and welcome here.
What types of support do you offer students / families?
I can offer therapy to students who may be struggling with mental health concerns. This support is individualised, so would vary from student to student but it could include helping the student to gain insight into their mental health difficulties, providing students and families with psychoeducation, and helping students to build strategies to help with their overall well-being.
I also help complete cognitive assessments for students. We all learn and remember information in different ways, some people learn best through listening, others learn best through visual displays, and some prefer hands on experiences. We all have our different strengths and weaknesses, so my job is to figure out what they are and recommend some strategies that might help with your learning. If learning needs are identified, this assessment can ideally help students to access ongoing support.
What’s your super talent?
Listening
How to get in touch?
If you would like for your child to have an educational assessment, please contact Katrina Davenport (Assistant Principal) or your child’s grade leader on 6341 4455