A school Guidance Officer (GO) supports families and students by providing advice and counselling on educational, behavioural, vocational, personal, social, family, and mental health and wellbeing issues. Additional to this, GO’s provide case management services in responding to students with complex and challenging circumstances, including student protection matters, critical incidents, mental health issues, and suicide prevention and postvention support.
To further support parents/carers, Guidance Officers undertake Psychoeducational assessments providing understanding of student’s learning difficulties, and help the school to achieve the best educational outcomes for their student.
Specifically, at Glenmore State High School our Guidance Officer coordinates the student support and wellbeing program this is responsive to the needs of the whole school community. This program is currently run by our Heads of Year in Dragon classes each Wednesday Period 3.
Shannon Devenish is our full-time Guidance Officer, who started with us in Term 3, 2024. Having worked as a teacher for a range of local state schools for 10 years, Shannon spent the previous 18-months to joining us as a Guidance Officer servicing a number of schools in the Livingstone Shire, specifically Yeppoon State High School, Farnborough State School and Byfield State School.
To contact Shannon Devenish about your student, please contact our school administration office.