Godfrey Care were proud to commence the roll-out of our Oliver McGowan training programme.

The first of a series of sessions started with our Senior Leaders and Service Managers. It was an extremely productive and successful session, led by our Certified Oliver McGowan Trainer, Lucy, and our Experts by Experience, Edward and Andrew. All our service teams will now complete the same training led by our Specialist Support Team.

The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is the government’s preferred and recommended training for health and social care staff. The training is named after Oliver McGowan, whose death shone a light on the need for health and social care staff to have better training.

Andy Fairman, PBS Clinical Lead at Godfrey Care, said:

“While this training is presently only mandatory in healthcare settings, Godfrey Care have embraced the Oliver McGowan framework for training as part of our commitment to best practice for our services. Whilst Godfrey Care already provide specialist Autism and Learning Disability training, our Leaders received training against the NHS England framework, in line with Tier 2 training of the Health and Care Act 2022.”

Tracy Johnson, Operations Director at Godfrey Care, said:

“We are fully committed to supporting the Oliver McGowan Training initiative which sets a valuable sector-wide standard. It is very closely aligned with the standards and principles of Godfrey Care’s existing training modules, equipping care providers with the skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability. The participation of the senior leadership is a vital part of Godfrey Care’s new Oliver McGowan training programme – we believe that it’s important to embed this knowledge not only in our frontline teams but also across the rest of our organisation.”