Training for professionals
The Health Improvement Team is currently working on a new training programme for the year 2025/26. Training and development in sexual health awareness is available free of charge for all Sefton organisations. We are currently undergoing a quality assurance process with our training programmes and some are already kitemarked by Open Award Badge of Excellence
These training course include the following;
C Card training
Organisations who wish to participate in the Sefton C Card Scheme (community condom distribution for young people aged between 13 and 19) can get started up by accessing a two hour start up training session. All condoms and supporting resources are supplied.
Lunch and Learn Updates for Professionals working in the Sefton Borough - coming soon.
Topics include Sex & The Law, Supporting Young People, Contraception Choices, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness, HIV Awareness, Supporting People with SEND. The next series of dates will be available soon. For more information please contact the Health Improvement Team soh-tr.sexualhpteam@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
RSE Programmes & Workshops for Young People
Groupwork with young people or other vulnerable and at risk groups
These workshops are for students identified has experiencing harmful relationships or at risk of teenage pregnancy. Workshops topics include safe and fulfilling relationships, protecting against STIs, consent & the law (including pornography use) and contraceptive choices. The programme is delivered over 5 sessions and referrals can be made by email to the Health Improvement Team soh-tr.sexualhpteam@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk for any enquiries.
Easy Talk – RSE for Parents
6 week programme for parents devised in partnership with Sefton Family Wellbeing Service. This course aims to increase parent’s confidence in being comfortable talking to their children about relationships and sex. Evidence shows that this can be protective for young people and can lower the chance of them engaging in high risk behaviours.
In addition to our own generic 6 week programme delivered for young people,
the team can also offer Outside the Box. This is a personal development programme about sex and relationships for young people that aims to prevent sexual exploitation. It is specifically targeted at vulnerable young people and has been developed by the Sex Education Forum and National Children’s Bureau through funding from Comic Relief.
Please contact soh-tr.sexualhpteam@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk for any enquiries.