Oliver McGowen Mandatory Training
Dear all,
Oliver McGowen training is now required as part of our mandatory Training.
Please read what is required below.
- The training is named after Oliver, whose death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to have better training on learning disabilities and autism, and has been campaigned for by his parents Paula and Tom McGowan.
- The 18-year-old had mild hemiplegia, focal partial epilepsy, a mild learning disability and was autistic. He died in November 2016 after he was given antipsychotic medication, even though he and his family warned it could be harmful. His death was determined to be “avoidable” by an independent review.
- The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism has been co-produced and co-designed with autistic people and people with a learning disability. There are two tiers to The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training ensuring all health and social care staff receive the right level of mandatory training for their role and to meet the requirements set out in the Health and Care Act 2022.
- Tier one has been designed for staff who need general awareness of the support autistic people or people with a learning disability may need such as administrative and estates roles
- Tier two is for people who may need to provide care and support for autistic people or people with a learning disability, such as frontline health and care staff.
The first part of both tiers is now live and involves staff completing e-learning package that takes about one hour and 30 minutes to complete. Everyone should do this e-learning whatever their role and whichever tier they need to complete.
The e-learning will help staff understand learning disability and autism, as well as methods of communication and reasonable adjustments people may need.
Those needing tier one will then take part in a one hour online interactive session with people who have lived experience of learning disability and autism.
Those needing tier two will then take part in a face-to-face training day that is co-delivered by people with lived experience also.
HEE is now working with partners to finalise the second part of the standardised The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism packages and trainer’s training.
Please access the e learning as soon as possible.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
Handbook: The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
E learning for health will register and record that you have completed this so no need to email me
| Kind regards,
Kirsty Blackburn |