2 x 3 hour sessions: 31 October & 7 November

The session will equip participants with a range of specific MECC skills that will enable them to deliver MECC confidently and consistently well. At the end of the session, participants should be able to:

• Understand the importance of healthy lifestyle choices and their role in health improvement;
• Identify key messages (on smoking, healthy eating/healthy weight, responsible drinking, physical activity, and mental health and emotional wellbeing);
• Use communication skills that will enable them to raise an issue, open up a conversation and assess a person’s readiness to change the health-related behaviour;
• Use a range of health behaviour change techniques (including basic motivational interviewing techniques);
• Deliver brief advice and brief interventions;
• Signpost clients to local healthy lifestyle services & support; and
• Feel confident that they can apply the training in practice.