Please note that this course has been postponed due to the EU Referendum and the training venue being reallocated for the provision of ballot counting. It is in the process of being rescheduled and a new date will be confirmed soon.
Course Overview
The session runs for 3 and half hours and will equip participants with a range of specific MECC skills that will enable them to deliver MECC confidently and consistently well.
It covers:
- Opportunities we have to have helpful conversations
- Communication skills to raise an issue, open up a conversation and assess a person’s readiness to change
- Behaviour change techniques (including basic motivational interviewing techniques);
- Delivering brief advice and brief interventions
- Signposting and helpful online resources
Session Outline
Pre-evaluation questionnaire – completed by participants on arrival
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Learning objectives and session structure overview
- Meeting the public and having helpful conversations
- Healthy Lifestyles Choices, Health Improvement and Key Messages
- Communication skills (30mins)
Brief break
- Delivering Brief Advice and Signposting (30mins)
- Delivering Brief Interventions
- Resistance and ‘rolling with it’
- Wrapping up and next steps
Evaluation questionnaire – completed by participants before leaving
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Please turn up in good time for the start time.
