Let's Talk About Vaccines - Change Coaches

More information on the 'Let's Talk About Vaccines' training can be found on the BOB ICB website here, and you can also hear from Jason and Kasia, our trainers, on why they recommend the sessions.

Let's talk about Vaccines -

Change Coaches 2-day programme

Following the success of Let’s Talk About Vaccines (LTaV) training, we have launched a two-day Change Coaches course. This new course provides coaching tools and support to enable you to have meaningful conversations with patients and the public to help people make informed decisions around vaccinations.



This programme has shown a 31% increase in confidence around vaccine hesitancy conversations.


The UK is currently experiencing a significant decrease in vaccine coverage and an increasing risk of vaccine-preventable diseases. The Change Coaches course provides you with an opportunity to support vaccination uptake.


This is a fully interactive and reflective programme with opportunities to practice techniques, discuss experience and approaches with peers and colleagues and reflect on practice.


Please note: It is not mandatory to have already taken the Let's Talk about Vaccine Training course to attend these sessions.

  • The cohort:

    The Let’s Talk About Vaccines - Change Coaches course is available to health, social care and voluntary sector staff in certain Integrated Care Boards (ICBs)


    There are 20 places available per cohort.

  • The course offers an excellent opportunity to:

    • Collaborate with other healthcare professionals
    • Develop skills to encourage conversations about vaccination 
    • Learn theory, skills and knowledge to apply to day-to-day conversation with your service users
    • Build on the existing knowledge and skills that you already have

  • Supporting your Learning:

    As part of the programme you will be asked to develop a portfolio of work to support your learning. Much of the content will be covered during the training but there will also be a requirement to add to this portfolio outside of the training sessions. 


    In order to help you share the new knowledge and skills you develop on the course with colleagues, the application form asks you to name a change sponsor who can support you and help embed change in your organisation or team. 


  • Modules will include:

    • Understanding how people learn and think
    • Understanding a coaching mindset
    • Structuring conversations using a coaching approach
    • Practicing key communication skills
    • Using Making Every Contact Count (MECC) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to support behaviour change
    • A range of tools to explore vaccine hesitancy 

  • Location of workshops

    All of the training on this programme will be facilitated face-to-face. The location and timings of the workshop can be found on each of the application forms below. 

If you have any questions about this programme, please contact jason.greasley1@nhs.net

If you would like to book your place for this amazing opportunity, please follow the links to apply for each Integrated Care Board (ICB):

Hampshire & Isle of Wight ICB


COHORT FULL



Please enquire here if you you would like to be added to the waitlist

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire West (BOB) ICB

Dates:

  • Wednesday 11th June 2025 (09:30 – 16:30)
  • Thursday 12th June 2025 (09:30 – 16:30)
  • (Graduation) TBC


Location: Oxford Belfry Hotel & Spa, Milton Common, Thame, OX9 2JW

Click here to apply

Testimonials from attendees of the LTaV Change Coaches Programme

"What has the most impact on me?"

"The opportunity to network, enhance my skills in coaching, and improve my day-to-day communication."

"The different models I can use to guide me in coaching, and the realisation that it is never too late to learn to help in the bigger agenda about vaccination uptake."

"Just planting a seed is already a win, it’s not my job to come up with the answer."

"I have been reassured by the tools I can use to promote positive conversations, and that they may have different end goals."

"How could others benefit from attending this programme?"

"The Change Coach Programme offers an opportunity for all health workers to improve their skills and increase uptake of vaccination."

"Others should attend this course to understand coaching and how to use this when supporting clients to make informed decisions and provide an increase in positive outcomes."

"This course improves confidence around vaccine hesitancy. It makes you evaluate your coaching style and adjust the way you have conversations with patients."

"Others should attend this course so we can have positive conversations with patients/carers about immunisation and its benefits, and to promote confidence in the staff members having these  sometimes challenging conversations."

Feedback highlights -

Post training, on a scale of 1-10, how important do you think having a conversation about vaccination is for you in your role? (10 being most important)

  • An average increase of 29% compared with prior to completing the training

 

Post training, on a scale of 1-10, how confident do you feel about having a conversation about vaccination in your role? (10 being most confident)

  • An average increase of 31% compared with prior to completing the training