The school contact person should try to have the following basic information. For students who self-refer, the school contact will still be required to confirm all information requested below, with the exception of presenting issues/reason for referral, which the student is not required to share with their school contact:
- Confirmation of consent form completion*
- Student first name and surname
- Student Date of Birth
- Student personal telephone number and email address, home address or address where they will be located during counselling session and the contact details of a trusted adult (for voice or video conference appointments)
- Suburb where the student resides
- School name
- Referrer first name and surname
- Referrer role (can include self-referral)
- Referrer contact details (email and phone numbers)
- Brief description of presenting issues / reason for referral.**
*Please note that it will not be possible to proceed with a referral to this initiative unless either parent/carer consent or student consent for those deemed to be a mature minor has been obtained.
** Note that information regarding presenting issues may be limited for self-referrals and this will therefore be obtained from the student by the headspace clinician in the initial appointment.
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