About this event:

Do you work with service users over 45 whose needs may be underserved, including vulnerable groups? If so, we’d like to invite you to attend a training session, delivered as part of the SHIFT Project, called Assess & Communicate, which aims to help professionals integrate sexual health support into their daily practice (even, and especially, if their role is not sexual health focused).

The Assess and Communicate will cover:

Basic information about SRH, particularly as it affects those over 45

Reflections and activities on how we can shift our perspective about how, where, and with whom it is appropriate to discuss sexual health

Advice about how to assess the sexual health needs of your service users within your own practice and communicate about sexual health with them accordingly

Coffee, tea, and light snacks will be available from 13:00

Participants will need to complete a short e-learning module called Start to SHIFT which can be found at: https://shift.moodlecloud.com/login/index.php

Who should attend:

We welcome attendance from any health or social care professionals working with people aged over 45, particularly individuals from one or more vulnerable groups. In particular, we welcome:

Health care assistants
Nurses, particularly those working in elderly care settings
Hospice workers
Housing and Homelessness workers
Drug and Alcohol Support Workers
People who work with migrants and refugees
People who work with gypsy or traveller communities
People supporting LGBTQ communities
People supporting BAME communities
Pharmacists
GPs
Public Health Professionals with sexual health directly or indirectly linked to their portfolio
Community service providers
Community health workers

What is SHIFT:

SHIFT – Sexual Health In the over ForTy-fives is a project which aims to improve the sexual health and wellbeing of people over 45.

METRO Charity is working with partners across Europe to deliver the programme, which will make sexual health services for the over 45s better by:

Increasing awareness and access to sexual health services
Increasing testing for HIV and sexually transmitted infections
Improving quality of life
Supporting professionals with training

To find out more about SHIFT visit our website.

SHIFT Training: Assess and Communicate Sexual Health