School chaplains are responsible for supporting the spiritual, social, and emotional wellbeing of their students regardless of faith or beliefs. School chaplains must be able to provide support for a range of day to day matters affecting the school community and communicate effectively with a diverse group of people. They can become involved in a wide variety of issues including health, social and values education and emotional support.

It is expected that school chaplains would support and work with the School Principal and the school’s student services staff to refer students to appropriate  services where required. To assist in facilitating this, school chaplains should have or develop an appropriate and suitable external network of professional groups working within the community.

It is not compulsory for any student to participate in activities or receive services from a school chaplain.  The chaplaincy services in our school emphasises the voluntary nature of the programme and members of the school community do not have to participate in this service.  To opt-out of this programs parents are requested to please express their preference in writing to their child's class teacher.

North Kalgoorlie Primary School places a strong emphasis on its Pastoral Care program - the care and support of the individual student is foremost.  Our school is grateful, therefore, to the federal government for the support of the School Chaplaincy program through funds from the Australian Government Department of Education under the National School Chaplaincy and Student Welfare Program.  The provision of services through the NSCSWP is on a student/parent needs basis and parents who wish to use the services are asked to complete a consent form.  It is a voluntary service and parents have the option to withdraw from the support at any time.