Course Details
Do you work in a role providing services for young people?
Would you like to enhance your skills to improve the sexual health outcomes of young people?
Participants will develop their knowledge of specific areas of sexual and reproductive health and build skills to confidently and appropriately support young clients. This self-paced online course is offered across multiple modules and has a focus on developing knowledge and strategies to work effectively with priority populations to support their needs.
This course comprises of a core module and four priority population modules.Â
Core moduleÂ
This module covers the following four topics:Â
- Communication about reproductive and sexual health and health literacy
- Legal and social aspects of consent
- Sexually transmissible infections
- Contraception options and considerations
Priority population modules
These modules include:
- Working with young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and asexual people
- Working with young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Working with young people with disability
- Working with young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Courses are funded by NSW Health and will be delivered at no cost to eligible NSW participants.
Who should attend
Workers in the youth and community services sector who work closely with young people, including youth workers, Aboriginal community workers, program coordinators and case managers.
Course structure
The online course has five modules. We recommend starting with the core module to learn essential reproductive and sexual health information, then continuing with the priority population modules to explore support for specific groups of young people.
Core module: Estimated time to complete this module is 2 hours
Priority population modules: Estimated time to complete each module is approximately 45 minutes
Participants can enrol at any time. Learning is self-paced, so participants can start the course straight after enrolment. Participants have 4 weeks to complete the module(s) that they enrol into. Â
Eligibility/Prerequisite
This course is best suited to people working in the youth sector or in a role contributing to the health, wellbeing and support of young people.
Course cost
Courses are funded by NSW Health and will be delivered at no cost to eligible NSW participants.
Each module provides links to references and resources for workers and their clients.
Recognition/Accreditation
Participants will receive a Statement of Completion for each module completed.
Further information
Contact: Education Team
Phone: 1300 372 372 press 3 then 1
Email: education@fpnsw.org.au
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