Workforce Development:
  HER: Health, Emotions and Relationships (Young Women)

Aims

• To provide health and other professionals with the underpinning knowledge and skills to be able to develop and implement creative and innovative practice when working with girls and young women.
• By the end of the workshop participants will be able to consider themes of engagement and service development and identify at least three ways in which professionals can influence girls and young women’s health incorporating a holistic approach.

Learning Outcomes

1. Debate and challenge the key documents and relevant issues surrounding girls and young women’s health incorporating an holistic approach including relationships, emotional and personal well-being together with diversity, cultural and sexual orientation.

2. Define ways in which girls and young women can build self esteem and negotiation skills in order to resist peer pressure (interlinking safer sex practices, drug and alcohol use and teenage pregnancy).

3. Consider themes of engagement and service development.

Course Content

The HER training programme will explicitly link with the intended learning outcomes detailed above. All presentations and group exercises will be included within the delegate packs and will aim to inspire ideas for delegate’s own professional practice leading to service development to meet the needs of girls and young women.

• Provide a Power Point presentation to examine the key data and relevant issues (Learning Outcome 1).
• Presentation and discussion of case scenarios relating to peer pressure, self esteem and the media (Learning Outcome 3).
• Workshops to critically evaluate aspects of health and emotional well-being and relationships, (Learning Outcome 2 and 3).
• View DVD which will encourage discussion around relationships with friends and family, self esteem, self harm, substance misuse and sexual health (Learning Outcome 3 and 4).
• Undertake mind mapping exercise to identify three ways in which professionals can develop their own professional practice and encourage girls and young women to access services (Learning Outcome 3)