Employer resources

Tier guidance 

It is the employers’ responsibility to ensure their staff have the appropriate training for their roles and they will need to advise staff on whether they should complete Tier 1 or Tier 2 and if any additional training might be required. To support employers, we recently developed The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Tier guidance for employers with examples. 

Recruiting, involving and supporting people with lived experience with The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training

Co-production is the core principle of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. It is essential that experts with lived experience co-delivering the training are well supported in applying for and undertaking their training roles.

Our delivery model explains how trainers are prepared and the trainer training cascade model.

To help employers involve people with a learning disability and autistic people in co-delivering as trainers for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training, we published involving people with lived experience guidance. Employers may also find the NDTi report on involving experts by experience helpful.

All job descriptions and person specifications are now available.

Communication pack 

You can use The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism Communication Pack to share the information with your networks, colleagues or staff.

The communication pack is a live document and is updated frequently to reflect the programme’s progress. It aims to ensure everyone is well informed, shares the right messages about The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training.

It currently encourages users to promote the elearning, the expression of interest form and champions of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training. The pack includes a suite of promotional resources such as a video from Paula McGowan OBE, posters, pledge card templates, badge designs, screensavers, and copy.

Expressions of interest form

We are working with partners to arrange trainers' training to prepare people with a learning disability and autistic people and faciliating trainers co-deliver the online interactive and face to face sessions of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. Each Integrated Care Partnerships (ICP) is being supported to develop training capacity. Those sessions are expected to be available in 2023.

If you're not already working with your ICP and regional Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training leads and would like to get involved as an employer, please complete the online expression of interest form. The details you submit in the form will be sent to NHS England Workforce, Training and Education team and the teams who will be arranging The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism in your region. 

Become Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Champions

Senior leaders from across health and care in England have voiced their support for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. We have shared a playlist of videos  and communications from clinical leads, members of the parliament and employers widely. If your organisation would like to become an Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training champion employer and your senior leaders are ready to support, please contact ommtprogramme@hee.nhs.uk.

Case Studies 

Read case studies about the progress many areas across England have made to roll out The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism. 

If you would like to share your journey, please complete the template and consent form and send to ommtprogramme@hee.nhs.uk.

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