STI’s, Contraception & local sexual health services
Essex Sexual Health Service Outreach and Education team are part of Provide CIC who work with Essex Partnership University Trust, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Healthy Living Partnership and SH:24 to form Essex Sexual Health Service.
Essex Sexual Health Service Outreach and Education team work on the frontline delivering sexual health promotion in a variety of settings, relationships and sexual health education to young people and educators supporting young people, and offer rapid HIV testing within the community..
STI’s, Contraception & the local sexual health services
This session provides an overview of current STI trends and rates of prevalence in the young population. During the session you will learn more about symptoms, testing, treatment and prevention: with the aim of equipping you to support and signpost the young people you work with in to sexual health services. This session additionally looks at some of the most common preventative methods aimed at reducing the risk of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. We will review available preventative methods including ‘delay’ and also address what support is available for unplanned outcomes.
Session Length – 3 Hours
Further information – [email protected]
RSHE recognition award: Completion of this session would count as a session for RSHE recognition award criteria. For more information about the scheme please email the Essex Sexual Health Services (ESHS) Outreach and Education Team on the email above.
Available to – This training can be attended by anyone that supports young people within Essex only (unfortunately this training is not able to be accessed by those that support young people in Southend and Thurrock).
Venue – Microsoft Teams
Attending the Session
Joining details for the session will be sent within your booking confirmation email, along with an additional email/invite to notify you of your registration onto the meeting and will include a the link to the meeting (details as above). By selecting accept to this invite it will place this event in your calendar. Please ensure add this event to your calendar.Please check junk mail to ensure this message isn’t missed.
If you haven’t received details 2 hours before the session starts please contact us directly: [email protected]
You will be required to download the free ‘Microsoft teams’ programme to attend this training session and we recommend this is done well ahead of time to allow you to familiarise yourself with the programme. To download Microsoft Teams for free please visit: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-teams/group-chat-software
Microsoft on the day:
Your camera and microphone will be turned off when you enter the session. You may be able to turn these on if you wish (unless the session is a Webinar). We ask that you keep your microphone switched off unless asking a question. You can also communicate using the ‘chat’ function.
You will be able to see and hear your trainer, please ensure the speakers on the devise you are using work ahead of time and be sure to ‘join audio’ when prompted to do so upon entry to the session.
Essex Sexual Health Privacy notice –
The information you provide to us on the order form will be used for the purposes reporting to those who have commissioned the service on details such as organisations that are accessing the training, job roles of those attending and areas within Essex that they are working in. For further information on how we use your data please refer to our privacy notice at