We are currently waiting on updates from NHSE for future dates
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The Oliver McGowan Training
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is named after Oliver McGowan, whose death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to have better training.
The Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a requirement that regulated service providers must ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is the standardised training that was developed for this purpose and is the government’s preferred and recommended training for health and social care staff.
Together we can prevent the many avoidable deaths like Oliver’s from happening again. The animation below aims to help staff and employers across health and social care to understand Oliver’s Training and why it is so vitally important.
How the training works
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is the government’s preferred and recommended training for health and social care staff.
Oliver’s training is delivered in 2 Tiers. Staff need to complete either Tier 1 or Tier 2. Both tiers consist of 2 parts.
The first part of both Tier 1 and Tier 2 is this elearning.
Everyone will need the elearning regardless of where they work and the Tier of training they require. It is free to access.
The second part of the training is either a live 1 hour online interactive session for those needing Tier 1, or, a 1-day face to face training for people who require Tier 2.
eLearning
Access the elearning on: The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
The content of the elearning session is mapped to the Tier 1 learning outcomes of the Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People and the Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting People with a Learning Disability. It should take you one hour and 30 minutes to complete.
This elearning session covers:
- Section 1 – Introduction
- Section 2 – Understanding learning disability
- Section 3 – Understanding autism
- Section 4 – Communication
- Section 5 – Reasonable adjustments
- Section 6 – Summary
Tier 2
Tier 2 of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is for people who may need to provide care and support for autistic people or people with a learning disability.
- Tier 2 training covers only a selected number of Tier 2 capability learning outcomes from of the Core Capabilities Frameworks.
- Tier 2 training includes Tier 1 material, so individuals only need to do one training package, either Tier 1 or Tier 2, whichever is most relevant to their role.
- Updates on part 2, the online interactive sessions and face to face training can be found on the Health Education England webpage.
- One day face to face training
- We are currently waiting on updates from NHSE for future dates
Oliver's Story (full video)
Resources
Please find useful updates, information and resources below
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is standardised and to complete it individuals must:
Complete the elearning package – everyone will need to do the elearning no matter where they work and what tier they need to complete. The elearning is now live.
and for
Tier 1 – the 1 hour online interactive session co-delivered by a person with a learning disability and an autistic person along with a facilitator or
Tier 2 – the 1 day face to face training co-delivered a person with a learning disability and an autistic person and trainer
We understand it may take up to six months to complete both parts in the early stages as trainer capacity to deliver the online interactive and face to face elements build for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism.
Employees who require Tier 1 need to:
- Complete the elearning
and
- the 1 hour online interactive session
Employees who require Tier 2 need to:
- Complete the elearning
and
- Tier 2 – the 1 day face to face training
The elearning is a valuable learning resource and we encourage everyone to access it as soon as possible. The elearning is a vital first step to give staff knowledge and skills to help change culture and improve lives now.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism requires both parts of the training to be completed (the elearning and the interactive online or face to face session).
Part 2 of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training (the interactive online and the face-to-face sessions) makes reference to the elearning package and participants need to recall information from the elearning during part 2 of the training.
Ideally part 1 and part 2 will be completed within days of each other. In circumstances where as much as 6 months go past, we ask participants to refresh their memory of the elearning ahead of the interactive or face to face session.
NHS England and key delivery partners, including DHSC, and Skills for Care, have produced a set of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism.
This document includes information about how to access the training, its operational delivery, requirements and how people can get involved. These FAQs are updated regularly on this webpage.
Easy read full version – FAQs: The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training [pdf]