Student welfare

Student welfare includes both the student welfare referred to in the Basic Education Act and the student welfare referred to in the Upper Secondary Schools Act and the Vocational Education and Training Act.

The aim of student welfare is to promote the well-being of school communities, prevent problems from arising and provide early support for those who need it. The aim is to promote learning, health, well-being, safety, and cooperation between home and school.

Student welfare is the responsibility of all teachers working in the school community, as well as the staff responsible for student welfare services, such as curators, psychologists and nurses.

Student support work is carried out at three levels:

1. Siilinjärvi has a student welfare steering group that takes care of the planning, development, guidance and evaluation of student welfare work and services. The group is chaired by principal Tiina Tuuvio.
2. Every school or educational institution has a pupil or student welfare team, whose tasks include community-based student welfare services responsible for the well-being of the school community.
3. Individual pupil and student care includes school and student health care services, psychological and curatorial services and multidisciplinary student care for individual pupils or students. If necessary, and with the agreement of the pupil or student and, as a rule, his/her guardian, a group of experts is set up to support the pupil’s or student’s well-being and to deal with the individual pupil’s or student’s issues.

Student welfare work is described in the Siilinjärvi curricula for preschool, basic and upper secondary education, the student welfare plans for preschool and basic education and the student welfare plan for upper secondary education.

The organisation of student welfare services, i.e. school health care and curator and psychologist services, was transferred to the Wellbeing services county of North Savo from 1 January 2023.

Student welfare plan for preschool education, basic education and upper secondary school in the municipality of Siilinjärvi (available in Finnish)

Substance abuse programme in basic education (available in Finnish)

Pupil support video in basic education (in Finnish)

Contact

The contact details of the school’s student support staff can be found on the school website.