The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Trials
In 2020, Royal Mencap Society was one of four consortia, including Be Well Learning, contracted by NHS England to develop, design, and roll out The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Learning Disability and Autism Training Trials.
During the training trials, Be Well delivered Tier 1 and Tier 2 sessions from August 2021 to July 2022, recruiting over 800 participants for evaluation.
The Oliver McGowan training trials were co-delivered by an autistic co-trainer and a co-trainer with a learning disability. Be Well Learning was responsible for developing the experts with lived experience who co-delivered the training.
Designing the training
Our face-to-face training modules were highly rated in the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) training trial evaluation report. As a result, NHS England commissioned Mencap, National Autistic Society, and Be Well Learning in 2022 to design the final Tier 2 Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training package and the 4-day lead trainer programme, to initiate the national roll-out across England.
Be Well was also commissioned to design the 3-day Tier 2 Oliver McGowan course to train expert co-trainers with a learning disability. This course was approved by NHS England.
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Be Well's continued involvement
Be Well was commissioned by NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB to deliver the following Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training courses across the Cheshire and Merseyside area:
Tier 1
- Part 2 – 1-hour online webinar, for people who require general awareness of the support autistic people or people with a learning disability may need.
- Trainer training: Teaching Others, you can teach approved trios to train other trainers
- Delivering Webinars trainer training, you can teach new trios to run webinars
Tier 2
- 1-day Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
- 2-day course to train facilitating trainers
- 3-day course to train autistic expert with lived experience co-trainers
- 3-day course to train expert with lived experience of learning disability co-trainers
