Training 

We provide training to front line professionals/ service providers who are supporting women who sell or exchange sex, aiming to raise awareness, support staff and help combat issues associated with stigma. 

The following training elements are included:

 
Supporting women who sell or exchange sex
•  Overview of our outreach service - The Esther Project (TEP)
•  The reasons why people might sell or exchange sex
•  Spectrum of choice
•  Risks
•  Signs
•  Stigma
•  Communication - equipping staff and new approaches
•  Helping women stay safer
•  Signposting and other resources/support
 
Our training can be adapted to suit your needs but is best delivered face to face, in a three hour session, around the table with individual participation encouraged.

Training quotes: 

“I really enjoyed the training. Kath and Beth were excellent and I will definitely be taking the learning into my own work. Every area needs an Esther Project service!”
The Forward Trust, regarding our Online Training

“The whole concept of going into conversations from a position of care for the individual has just managed to rid me of fear of having these conversations without sounding stupid because of my lack of direct experience....so thank you!”
Homelessness Support Worker

“Well presented and thought provoking, delivered all the information in a professional manner.”
CGL Worker

“Thank you so much for coming and doing the training with the team. Everyone said that is was not only delivered to a high standard but also how essential it was”
Emerging Futures Worker

During 2023, we delivered training to 251 people over 23 events, including:
51 University of Chichester Social Work students
24 frontline staff at My Sisters' House Women's Centre
53 professionals through our Online Training provision
123 local frontline professionals, including staff members from Adur and Worthing Wellbeing Network, Littlehampton Foodbank, Probation Services, and Chichester Police Station. 
 

Online Training: 

We are excited to announce that we are now offering our extensive training session on ‘Supporting Women in the Sex Industry or at Risk of Sexual Exploitation’ online via Eventbrite.

If you are a professional who may engage with service users in the sex industry, or those at risk of sexual exploitation and would like support with understanding the industry (routes in, the stigma involved, language and legal frameworks) as well as support with practical conversation tools, then book your space today. 

Yada offers free in person and online training to local partners (organisations working within Arun, Worthing, Adur & Chichester Local Authority Districts of West Sussex).

Yada offers fee-based online training to any other organisation/individual at the following rates:
Eventbrite training - £30 per person

In-house training (min 5 - max 30 people in one session):
5 - 10 people - £120
11 - 30 people - £150

Please get in touch at info@yadauk.org if you would like to know more about our training.