What is your role?
I run programmes that encourage young people to explore their values and how they relate to friendships, relationships and sexual health choices. It's all about balancing personal development with providing information. We try to avoid having "the talk" and use an experiential learning approach that gets everybody talking. Young people know about condoms, but having the confidence to talk about using them is a different set of skills.
How did you get into this area?
I started youth work through volunteering and spent a lot of time on personal development programmes. I was doing one session a week with Brook as an outreach worker when this role came up about three years ago.
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