BIFE Guidance Service
Bray Institute of Further Education provides a free Guidance Service to all registered students of the Insititute.
The Guidance Counsellor is available to discuss educational, training, occupational, personal, social and life choices with students. Guidance Counselling encompasses the three separate, but interlinked areas of personal and social development, educational and career guidance.
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BIFE Guidance Service: Educational & Career Guidance
The Guidance Counsellor is available for one-to-one appointments to discuss further Educational, Apprenticeship or Occupational options. This can include (but is not limited to), CAO Applications (for applying to study at University in Ireland), UCAS Applications (for applying to study at University in the UK and Northern Ireland), other Study Abroad options, Grant Applications, Scholarship Applications, Job Hunting and Interview Preparation. During the academic year, the guidance counsellors also run workshops for students to assist with making university applications.
Useful Websites for Students:
Central Applications Office (CAO)
Careers News
Qualifax
Careers Portal
UCAS
SUSI
HEA Student Finance
Access College
Generation Apprenticeships
Lets Learn DLR
BIFE Guidance Service: Wellbeing
In addition, the BIFE Guidance Service provides free wellbeing supports throughout the year to all students. One to One meetings are by appointment. If you require urgent assistance, please contact your G.P. or the Emergency Department at your local hospital.
Below are several resources for student support from partner organisations and from BIFE Guidance Services:
- HSE Numbers when you need them (Downloadable list - PDF)
- Jigsaw
- Mental Health Ireland
- Spunout
- St John of Gods has a few resource booklets and videos here
- Staying Well and Minding Your Mind:
- Stress Control has self-help resources and free guided meditations
- RCSI: Free evidence-based lecture series on the psychology of happiness
- Grow - https://grow.ie/
- 50808 - https://text50808.ie/
- Pieta House - https://www.pieta.ie/
- Samaritans 116 123 or 087 2639090 - https://www.samaritans.org/ireland/samaritans-ireland/
- Free counselling services available if you need personal/emotional support outside of term time https://www.mentalhealtheducate.ie/mental-health-supports
- Teenline (listening service for teenagers) 01-462-2122/ 01-462-2124 (text ‘talk’ to 50101) www.teenline.ie
- Parentline (listening service for parents) 1890 927277 www.parentline.ie
- Alcoholics Anonymous https://www.alcoholicsanonymous.ie/
Other Local Supports
- Citizens Information - www.citizensinformation.ie
- Crosscare Youth Service/YouthSpin (Information and advice for up to 25’s) https://crosscareyouthinfo.ie/about/
- Threshold (Information on housing) https://threshold.ie/
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service https://mabs.ie/
- Bray Area Partnership https://www.brayareapartnership.ie/
- Bray Disability Services https://disabilitybray.ie/supports-services/local-disability-services/
Mindfulness/Guided Relaxation
- The Mindfulness & Compassion Centre provides free meditations - https://www.mindfulness.ie/
- Calm free resources on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@calm
- Headspace free resources on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@headspace
- Stress Control free relaxation and mindfulness - https://stresscontrol.ie/relaxation-mindfulness/