We are pleased to announce that CTC has been approved to deliver The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training to its own staff, external customers and ICBs. We are currently the only Lead Trainers based in Coventry.
Since July 2022 all CQC registered service providers' employees must have learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role. The training is named after Oliver McGowan, whose death highlighted the need for health and care staff to receive better training.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training is the government's recommended training for health and social care staff. All of the training has been co-produced and is co-delivered by experts with lived-experience of learning disability and/or autism.
Oliver McGowan's parents campaigned tirelessly to bring changes to the legislation on training in learning disability and autism.
To hear about Oliver's story, visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHQrPVzTcMk
Levels of Training
Tier 1 - For people who require general awareness of the support autistic people, or people with a learning disability may need.
Tier 2 - For people who may need to provide care and support for autistic people or people with a learning disability.
Booking the E-learning
Everyone within health and care should start by completing the e-learning, no matter where they work and what tier of training they need to complete. To register for the free e-learning, visit: www.elfh.org.uk
Once the e-learning has been completed, contact Coventry Training Consortium to book your one hour webinar (tier 1) or book your one day face-to-face training (tier 2). Your employer will assess which tier of training you will require and, once booked with us, we will send you details of anything you might need to do in preparation for the training as well as the dates and, where necessary, location.
Train the Trainer
Coventry Training Consortium is also approved to deliver Train the Trainer Lead Training in the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (which includes 2 day Facilitator Trainer training, 3 day Co-Facilitator training for experts with a learning disability and 3 day Co-Facilitator training for autistic experts).
You can also visit Health Education England for further details on staff requirements for either Tier 1 or Tier 2 training.
For more information visit: Health Education England www.ommtprogramme@hee.nhs.uk
Questions
Unsure what to do next? We understand the training is new to lots of organisations so please feel free to contact us. We would be more than happy to talk you through the next steps.