Overview
By completing this course it will enable you to support any LGBTQ+ individual within your services more effectively. We'll explore the concepts of Sex, Gender and Attraction and why these are essential in understanding the experiences of the LGBTQ+ communities. This course will cover the different areas of LGBTQ+, its history and discrimination as well as talking about stereotyping and heterosexual normality. During the session, you will be given a safe space to ask those questions that you may not want to ask in fear of getting it wrong or offending someone. The course also covers person-centred care planning and how to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals are supported effectivelyWho is LGBT+ Awareness in Healthcare aimed at?
healthcare staffCourse Length
a full or condensed half dayLearning Outcomes
By the end of this session participants will be able to:-
- Explain what LGBTQ is
- How many different terminologies there are to describe individuals
- Know why having an awareness of LGBTQ is relevant in your work setting
- Be more aware of the challenges that LGBTQ individuals may face in their daily lives.
- Have more awareness of providing person-centred support for LGBT+ individuals in your service.
