The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
Please note LSCDG is not responsible for running or providing any of the training.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism aims to provide the social care and health workforce with the right skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate, and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability.
Research has shown that on average, people with a learning disability and autistic people die earlier than the general public, and do not receive the same quality of care as other people. Evidence suggests that effective training can bring about changes in the way people work and drastically reduce these inequalities.
The Health and Care Act 2022 introduced a requirement that all CQC registered service providers must ensure their staff have training on learning disability and autism that is appropriate to their role. The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is the Government’s preferred and recommended training for health and social care staff to undertake.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training has been co-produced, trialled with over 8300 health and care staff and independently evaluated by the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi).
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training comes in two parts. The first part is an e-learning module, and the second part is either an online interactive session (Tier 1) or a face-to-face session (Tier 2).
All of the training includes delivery by people with lived experience of a learning disability or of being autistic.
View this diagram to learn about the two tiers of the training.
Both parts of the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training have been added to Skills for Care’s Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) so that employers can record and report on completion rates.
To access the e-learning see below links
Useful links
- The Health Education England (HEE) webpage on The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism.
- The e-learning part of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism.
- The HEE website includes a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
- See the communication toolkit to help disseminate information about the training.
- Oliver McGowan Website
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The Tier 2 training is a full day workshop. There are no open courses being delivered for the external social care sector in LLR at the moment. A list of training providers who are able to deliver the training is available here if you would like to arrange training for your own organisation.
Enquiries on The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism should be directed to ommtprogramme@hee.nhs.uk.
Local Implementation of the OMMT Programme is being led by the Integrated Care Board.