Training

Our Public Health Nutrition Team at NHS Forth Valley offers a range of free food, nutrition, cooking and growing training courses to support local staff, volunteers and community members throughout Forth Valley.

“Delivering food activities through training helps to engage with people and get them involved and can lead to further learning and employability opportunities.”

Some of our courses are REHIS accredited and with successful completion of the course and by passing the exam attendees will receive a recognised qualification and certificate.

Here is a flavour of some of the training courses we deliver:

Breastfeeding Friendly Scotland Accreditation
Getting Started – Introducing Solids or Weaning Sessions
Make and Taste – Facilitator Training – Learn how to facilitate your own Make and Taste sessions, to help engage parents and young children through using food preparation activities.
Mini Steps to Better Nutrition – Training can help you engage with individuals and groups you work with, to support them through a number of dietary changes at their pace, with achievable ‘mini steps’.
The Caley’s Grow and Learn Award – Find out more about the award here
Online Food Safety/Hygiene
Nutrition Resource Awareness Sessions

For more information on the training we offer see our Community Nutrition Training Flier or Capacity Building Training Brochure.

If you require further information about any training, please email the Public Health Nutrition Team: fv.publichealthnutritionteam@nhs.scot.

Online Food Safety Modules

These food safety modules may be useful to train staff and volunteers around the key food safety, personal and hand hygiene messages. They can be used as a stepping stone before moving onto more detailed courses such as REHIS Food Hygiene or REHIS Food and Health.

The modules have quizzes attached so once individuals have worked their way through them, they can test their learning with a multiple choice quiz. There are also downloadable posters and resources that can be printed off and displayed in kitchen, packing or entrance areas to remind staff, volunteers and visitors of the importance of hand hygiene and social (physical) distancing.

Food Safety Modules

Module 1 – Introduction to Food Safety Modules
Module 2 – Hand and Personal Hygiene
Handwashing Poster – This poster should be printed off in colour and displayed in a prominent position such as above a kitchen sink or in a toilet area.
Module 3 – Storing and Delivering Food in the Community
Module 4 – 4 Cs of Food Safety
5 keys to Food Safety – World Health Organization – This poster should be printed off in colour and displayed in a prominent position such as in a kitchen or food preparation area.
Module 5 – Food Safety and Allergens
Module 6 – COVID-19 Specific Advice
Module 7 – Shopping and Delivering Groceries during COVID-19

Quizzes – Question and Answer Sheets

Test your knowledge with these quizzes – they are best used in conjunction with the training modules above.

Cooking with Groups – Train the Trainer

Community Food Development Workers are offering a course for staff wishing to deliver cooking activities within groups in the community. The course covers key cooking skills and information on how to set up or run a cooking group, session planning, risk management, resources available, equipment required, evaluation, funding and hands on cooking.

For further information email fv.publichealthnutritionteam@nhs.scot.

Elementary Cooking Skills (REHIS)

Community Food Development and REHIS have been working in partnership to develop new accredited elementary cooking skills courses. This course offers a certificate in basic cooking skills and is aimed at people who have limited cooking skills and where a qualification would be useful for education or employment opportunities.

For further information email fv.publichealthnutritionteam@nhs.scot

Elementary Food and Health Nutrition Course (REHIS)

These Food and Health courses are suitable for those who are involved in food activities, who are providing information on food to others and those who are preparing or organising food in community cafes or cooking groups. This is a six hour course covering key nutrition messages.