Training

Sahir House Information & Training Service

for health, social care & community sector workers

 
How to make your organisation more

HIV aware & HIV friendly?

HIV awareness training course

This course will develop your organisation’s equal opportunities & HIV policy & offer best practice guidelines within the workplace, by exploring:

       HIV risk assessment: what is safe or risky behaviour & activity?

       Current trends on HIV testing & facilities available

       The physical & mental health effects of HIV

       HIV conditions & treatments

       HIV myths, attitudes & prejudice to increase confidence when challenging HIV discrimination

       The social & emotional impact of those living with HIV & their families and carers

       Information about Sahir House services & wider support available for referral purposes

       HIV information & training sessions are complemented with a HIV positive guest speaker talking on their experience of living with HIV
(Subject to availability)

Who this course can be useful for?

Ideal for workers in the voluntary and statutory sector, health workers, housing organisations, equality & diversity specialists, advice workers, youth & community workers, teachers, probation staff, drug workers, welfare workers, trade union representatives, support workers, sport & fitness staff, social workers and counsellors.  Sahir House welcomes staff from all areas of the workplace including hands on carers, managers, admin departments, committee members, etc.

Sahir House is near to local bus links as well as local and regional train links. There are car parking facilities near by. Due to the nature of the organisation the address is on a need to know basis to protect the confidentiality of the service users. When you book your place on a training course, you will be sent address details with a map. Due to the building being listed, please check if the building is accessible for your needs. Sahir House may utilise other venues to ensure appropriate access is available when attending our one day HIV courses. You will be informed if this applies.  A veggie / halal lunch is included, contact the Training Coordinator for more details or see our training brochure for more information

Quotes from participants:

        'This course has been useful for my work because I am able to use this HIV info and signpost clients and will be able to empathise better' - Housing organisation

        'This course will enable me to talk to my client's confidentiality about HIV' - housing organisation

        'Very good introduction to the issues of HIV and felt the positive speaker was excellent' - council employee

        'This course in not mandatory in this Primary Care Trust, but I would recommend it to colleagues from all professions' - PCT employee

        'Straight facts I found make the issues surrounding HIV much less daunting than I had previously felt.' - medical student