Disability workers
SHine SA provides a range of opportunities for:
agencies to increase their existing workers' knowledge and skills in the area of sexual and reproductive health and relationships
students of disability work to prepare themselves for the sexuality and relationship needs of their future clients
SHine SA offers:
- FRESH (FReedom to Explore Sexual Health) course: The FRESH course has a flexible design which offers a stream for disability workers.
- Tailored training in sexuality and disability
- Rules about sex: getting them right - training module and CD
- Pregnancy Choices Training
- Sexuality and disability email network
FRESH course (FReedom to Explore Sexual Health)
The FRESH course is a nationally recognised course with a flexible design which offers a stream for disability workers. FRESH has a Core of 3 days and a series of electives and optional assessment-based modules.
More info: The FRESH course
Tailored training in sexuality and disability
Disability support services may wish to improve their staff's capacity to anticipate and respond to the sexual health and relationship needs of their clients or just help staff to explore values and beliefs about sexuality and disability. Those organisations that are informed by human rights principles and are committed to a person-centred approach are particularly invited to approach SHineSA to discuss training options.
Organisations that have used this service in the recent past include: Arts Access; Community Living for the Disabled; DECS Respite Care Program; Epilepsy Centre; Flinders University Disability and Rehabilitation Studies; Life's for Living; Mental Illness Fellowship SA; Metro Access (UCWPA); Homelink (UCWA); Uniting Care Wesley; Royal Society for the Blind; SA Sex Industry Network; and disability support networks in regional areas.
To discuss training contact the Coordinator of Disability Worker Education on (08) 8300 5318 or via email at ralph.brew@health.sa.gov.au.
Cost & Payment Method: $75 per hour - invoiced after training is delivered.
Rules about sex: getting them right
A 3.5 hour training module familiarising workers and other support people in the use of a CD-based resource relating to touch, privacy and sexual behaviours under the law in South Australia.
The CD-based resource can be used to build the capacity of people with a disability to minimise the risk of sexual victimisation or getting in trouble with the law unnecessarily. It also aims to maximise their ability to get help, self-advocate about sexual matters and negotiate healthier sexual relationships.
The CD contains a series of fact sheets with discussion points as well as images which can be creatively combined to create workbooks, and teaching, counselling and evaluation tools. People completing the training module will receive a copy of the CD.
To discuss training contact the Coordinator of Disability Worker Education on (08) 8300 5318 or via email at ralph.brew@health.sa.gov.au. Training can be negotiated in a range of metropolitan and rural areas.
Cost: $50 per person. See Rules About Sex training flyer for scheduled training details.
To register complete the Rules About Sex registration form.
Pregnancy Choices Training
This course, developed for professionals, defines and explains all the options available to women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. It is open to nurses, doctors, counsellors, community health workers, school counsellors, youth workers, indigenous health workers, and any professional who encounters clients with unplanned pregnancy.
More info: Pregnancy Choices Training
Sexuality and disability email network
The network enables disability workers with an interest in sexuality and sexual health to keep up to date with current issues, relevant events and new resources and opportunities. To join email ralph.brew@health.sa.gov.au
Information and resources
A range of books, DVDs card sets and kits relating to disability, sexuality, relationships and reproductive health and is available from the SHine SA Library and Resource Centre.
SHine SA produces a range of resources including leaflets, booklets, fact sheets, manuals and posters. To view and order these resources see the SHine SA resources section.