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Chaplaincy & Student Wellbeing

Meet our wellbeing team

Our team of chaplains and our College counsellor work alongside the Deans of Wellbeing to provide students with holistic, Christ-centred care within their learning environment.

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Mrs Hayley Mourdant | Chaplain
In office: Monday, Tuesday, Friday

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Mr Timothy Ballantyne | Chaplain
In office: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

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Mrs Ruth Crawford | Counsellor
In office: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

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Chaplaincy

Both of our chaplains are ordained Ministers within Acts Global Churches. They each hold current Working With Children’s Checks in accordance with SCEA staff policy. Our chaplains work to support student wellbeing through:

  • Participating in College events such as student training, camps, club activities, prayer meetings, services, and parent programs.
 
  • Provide Pastoral care and support for students, staff and parents of the ECC community within a Christian framework.
 
  • Provide support in areas such as student mental health, engagement, attendance and connectedness and refer onto other professional agencies as needed.
 
  • Assist students to explore their worldview and beliefs through education and conversation.
 
  • Network with support services, other agencies, and organisations in the local community to provide a broad range of support services to the ECC student community.

Counselling at ECC

Mrs Ruth Crawford is a registered counsellor with PACFA and ACA providing counselling services and personal support to ECC students, families, and staff.  

As a counsellor, she works with students to help them achieve the most beneficial outcomes and realise their potential. Counselling services also help provide professional support with mental health and emotional concerns, learning difficulties and behavioural issues.  This includes the provision of individual and group therapy, planning and implementation of interventions as requested for students, and working closely alongside those in key roles of pastoral care and other teaching staff to ensure the positive wellbeing of students.

Mrs Crawford can also provide support and guidance in navigating referral pathways and liaising with outside agencies as needed.

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Chaplain's Corner: April

Chaplain’s Corner is a monthly devotional written by our College chaplains, published here and in our newsletter. Read this month’s edition below.

WORDS: Timothy Ballantyne

What is Easter all about? For many people in Perth the Easter long weekend is a chance to escape from work, possibly head away for some time down south in Bunbury or Busselton or spend time with family and eat tons of chocolate eggs.

For Christians Easter is one of the most sacred and powerful times of remembrance in the liturgical calendar. Christians remember that for three days the lifeless body of Jesus lay in the grave. This wonderful man, whose followers thought would be king, was brutally seized, tried in a kangaroo court, tortured and nailed to die on a cross of crucifixion.

For his followers at that time they thought it was the end. But on the third day, as Jesus himself had foretold, he arose to live, talk and show himself to hundreds of people (1 Corinthians 15:3-16.)

His resurrection was the ultimate proof of who he is and what he promised. Jesus claimed to be God in flesh and he promised forgiveness for those who repent and believe in him (John 11:26.)

For Christians or seekers we:

Recognise: that without Christ we are separated from God, now and forever.

Realise: God loves us and that Jesus died for our sins.

Receive: The risen saviour into our lives through faith and repentance from our sins.

 

We can all experience a changed life made possible all because of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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