The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Part 2, Tier 2 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.

Attending the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disabilities and Autism - Tier 2 in-person training will increase your curiosity, capability and will remind you of strategies and resources that can improve communication and patient experience.

This training forms the second part of the Tier 2 standardised training. The sessions are delivered by a trained facilitator alongside an autistic co-trainer and a co-trainer with a learning disability.

Prior to attending this training, you must have completed the eLearning, which is available on E-Learning for Healthcare via this link:

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/the-oliver-mcgowan-mandatory-training-on-learning-disability-and-autism/

To receive a badge on completion of the Tier 2 training (which can be both physical and digital for email signatures), you must complete the Oliver McGowan E-Learning and the in-person Tier 2 Training.

To access the training

We are committed to ensuring that all attendees can fully participate in our training sessions and will do our best to accommodate your needs.

Lunch is not provided, so please make sure to bring lunch. There is a kitchen with a fridge and a microwave, which you are welcome to use. There is a cafe called Mandy's Munch Box, which is a 2-minute walk from our office, open 8:30 am–2:30 pm.

Please note that the boardroom where the training is taking place is located on the first floor, which you can access by a set of stairs. We do not have a list in our building. If this presents any difficulties, please do get in contact with us via email at aidan@award.training.