Guidance

Newbridge College Guidance Counselling Department assists and encourages students to work towards achieving their potential by making informed choices about their lives in all respects – personal, social, educational and vocational. It also provides sensitive care and support to students when faced with life’s transitions and challenges.

Guidance Counselling is at the heart of our Pastoral Care System at Newbridge College. Our Guidance Counsellors have a caring and supportive role in the school where students can get advice and supports about a range of issues. From college advice, educational information, decision making, relationships and personal issues, our Guidance Counsellors are on hand to meet with students in a confidential environment where they can be cared for and supported throughout their time in the school to ensure that they can maximise their potential.

Our Guidance Counsellors liaise with Deans, Subject Teachers, AEN staff, School Chaplain, Deputy Principals and the Principal. They also have regular contact with parents, psychologists, universities, counsellors and the Department of Education.

The Guidance Counselling Department provides support for all students in the three pillars of Guidance:

Educational Guidance

This area of Guidance recognises students’ different learning abilities and their inherent talents. Each student is encouraged to optimise their learning skills. This involves helping students choose Junior and Senior Cycle subjects, courses and levels and advising students in managing their learning.

Personal and Social Guidance

This area empowers students to make decisions, solve problems, change behaviour and resolve issues in their lives, through individual counselling and referral to a counsellor or other outside agency.

Career and Vocational Guidance

This area of Guidance helps students to identify career and vocational goals by developing their self-analysis skills and sourcing and managing career information. This involves having an understanding of the pathways into higher education and identifying strengths and weakness from the results of various interest and aptitude tests.

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6th year Careers Information

Any important information that comes into the careers office for the attention of 6th years will be sent to students on the 6th year group team.. It is therefore very important that all 6th years make sure they are checking their Teams account on a reqular basis.