Kai Wooder, education manager, Wirral Brook (a branch of sexual health charity Brook).

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.

What are the challenges you face?

Young people still have limited access to honest and appropriate conversations about sex and relationships. There is a lot of misinformation that leads to anxiety about using health services. There is also a fear among adults of talking about sex as they worry they are getting it wrong, or encouraging young people to be sexually active.

Are young people more sexually informed than previous generations?

In the past there has been limited and varied access to sexual education, and it's still the same. The main difference is the internet, which means young people can be getting information from pornography. It's tangible, but it gives unrealistic expectations of sex and relationships. We have had young men coming in asking about penis extensions.

How is your role developing?

There has been a really positive shift in that schools and groups are more open to working with outside agencies. Brook is looking to roll out a scheme called Bite Sized Brook, which is a one-day programme for a whole year group. It's great to see 100 young people going through the learning zones and having fun. These are the feelings we need to associate with sex and relationship education.