MECC L1 - Waterloo

For staff and volunteers, MECC means having the competence and confidence to deliver healthy lifestyle messages, to help encourage people to change their behaviour and to direct them to local services that can support them. For individuals, MECC means seeking support and taking action to improve their own lifestyle by eating well, finding their healthy weight, drinking alcohol sensibly, exercising regularly, not smoking and looking after their wellbeing and mental health. MECC is not about
• Adding another job to already busy working days
• Staff becoming specialists or experts in certain lifestyle areas
• Staff becoming counsellors or providing ongoing support to particular individuals
• Staff telling somebody what to do and how to live their life

The training takes place during a 2 hour session and is aimed at everyone working, living or volunteering in Sefton. The content provides an overview for non-health professionals and is particularly useful for front line staff that see lots of people during their work.
The objectives of the training are to;
• Provide an overview of the health and wellbeing of Sefton’s population
• Increase knowledge about the key health messages
• Know what support services are available and what they provide and signpost people to them
• Introduce the skills to have a healthy chat
• Recognise the opportunities to have a healthy chat
• Use the 3A’s to deliver a health chat in Sefton