If you become aware that a student is having personal problems that are affecting them in or out of college, please inform your Head of Department or Angelique Smith as soon as possible. Use a student referral form as this gives us a written record and will ensure a response. They will be encouraged to book a Pastoral Tutorial urgently and we will use the tutorial system to support them and refer them on where necessary.
Students can suffer from an array of personal problems be it depression, addiction, loneliness, insomnia or anxiety about their studies. We take all of these problems very seriously. We have an on site counselor at BIMM, Trish Golding, and she is available for counselling every week of term time. Referral for counselling should be through Angelique Smith.
