Nov/Dec 2024 online ACCREDITED relationships & sex education training course

Who is the training for?

This training is open to anyone with an interest in RSE: our network of trained educators work in a variety of fields. It equips educators to provide up-to-date RSE in line with the 2019 government guidance on relationships, sex and health education and the Children and Social Work Act 2017, allowing them to: 

• Have an opportunity to gain a university-level accreditation in 'teaching relationships and sex education'
• Support young people in building self-esteem
• Support young people in developing healthy relationships
• Develop confidence in talking openly and sensitively about sexual health issues
• Support young people to develop skills and resilience to deal with the influence and impact of modern technology on relationships and sex (including porn) 
• Communicate to young people the importance of making healthy life choices about sex
• Plan and deliver effective, fun and interactive sessions with young people
• Apply best practice and recommended government policy guidelines

View a summary of what is covered by the accredited course.

About your trainer 

This training will be led by acet UK's Esteem network director, Gareth Cheesman.

Gareth originally trained as a JNC validated youth worker before moving into teaching relationships and sex education. Gareth has over a decade of experience teaching relationships and sex education, is an accredited trainer and holds a master’s degree in public health.

acet UK has over 35 years experience in providing school-based education on relationships and sexual health topics. Our Esteem materials and training have been used in hundreds of schools and last year over 85,000 young people benefited from our materials.

Accreditation

Working with AIM Qualifications, acet UK can provide trainees on the course with the opportunity to achieve a level 4 accreditation in 'Teaching relationships and sex education.'

Completion of the level 4 accreditation requires learners to complete two small assignments based upon the Esteem training and is subject to a formal assessment. 

Please note that the assessment process can take several months, as your assignments will go through two internal markings and then to AIM Qualifications for external quality assessment. 

Read more about the accreditation.

Training costs

The standard £315 training fee includes each participant's first-year membership of the Esteem network. The accreditation certificate costs an extra £210 per person: to access the accreditation element, please select the £525 training fee option when booking a place on the course.

As we are a non-profit organisation, we actively seek charitable funding to keep our training fees as low as we can to make our courses as accessible as possible. We want to see as many young people as possible receiving high-quality RSE from trained professionals.

Being a member of the network licenses you to access the core digital Esteem materials, including lesson plans, activities, and other teaching resources. 

Additional benefits of Esteem network membership include:

• Discounts on update training events
• Discounts on Esteem conferences
• Regular updates about relationships and sex education issues
• Ongoing support from acet UK staff
• Early access to newly developed resources

The training days are scheduled for the following dates.

• Wednesday 27th November 10.30am - 4pm
• Thursday 28th November 10.30am - 4pm
• Wednesday 4th December 10.30am - 4pm
• Thursday 5th December 10.30am - 4pm
• Wednesday 11th December 10.30am - 4pm
• Thursday 12th December 10.30am - 4pm

Please note that, when adapting the accredited training for an online context, we have changed the delivery structure to 6 shorter days compared to our offline format of delivery of 4 longer days.

Booking for this course will close 8 days before the start date to allow us time to make preparations for the course. 

For the online version of our RSE course, we will post you a package of physical RSE resources to use during the video training. 

(Please note that we regret that we can NOT post this pack of resources to you if you are based outside of the UK. Instead, we will give you a digital pack and instructions on how to create some hands-on elements. You will need access to a printer before the course for the latter).

If you have any questions, please email us at info@acet-uk.com.

The technical requirements for learners to attend include a computer and a webcam, with access to Zoom, or a phone or tablet with the same capability. You can learn more about the Zoom video conferencing software and can sign up to, for free, at https://zoom.us/.

This event is set up to accept credit/debit card or Paypal payments. If you require an invoice for your employer to pay for your place via another payment method, please contact us on info@acet-uk.com.