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The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disabilities and Autism
What is Oliver's Training?
The code of practice lays out the standards for Oliver's Training.
By working with Inclusive Insights Staffordshire, you will be compliant with these standards.
Tier 2 Training Sessions
We deliver regular Oliver McGowan Tier 2 training sessions alongside our Experts with Lived Experience.
If you would like to book onto a session, please use the link below which will take you to our Bookings page. You will be able to access a list of dates and venues to choose from and must enter your chosen date when booking.
The cost of the training is £49.99 (excluding VAT*) per delegate.
The training is in person and runs from 9:30am - 4:30pm.
Support Packages
If you are qualified to deliver Oliver's Training and would like some of our Experts with Lived Experience to co-deliver the training with you, we provide support packages for Tier 1 and Tier 2.
What is a support package?
A support package involves us matching you with some of our Experts with Lived Experience and making arrangements in order for you to deliver the training together with them.
The money that you give us allows us to pay the Experts for their time and to provide transport to enable them to get to and from the training. It also pays for our time as we will be there to support our Experts throughout the whole process - from the Meet and Greets through to supporting them throughout the training day.
We will also be able to support you as a new facilitator and help you to feel more comfortable with delivering the training.
Tier 1 Support Package
What is Tier 1?
Tier 1 training consists of a 1 hour webinar presented by a facilitator, a co-trainer with lived experience of a learning disability and a co-trainer with lived experience of autism.
Who should do Tier 1 training?
Staff who work for a CQC registered organisation in a role that is not patient-facing should attend Tier 1 training.
How can we help?
If you are a trained Tier 1 Facilitator and need Experts to co-deliver your webinars with, you've come to the right place!
We provide the resources and support that our Experts need to deliver the training alongside you.
Please see the packages that we offer below.
Meet & Greets
It is important for our Experts to meet with you prior to delivering the training. This can be done on Microsoft Teams or face-to-face and will incur a small cost to cover our time and the Expert's time.
Support Packages - Tier 1
Option 1: £299 per session (excluding VAT*)
Includes...
- A trained Tier 1 Learning Disability Expert to deliver the training alongside you.
- A trained Tier 1 Autistic Expert to deliver the training alongside you.
- A Supporter who will provide the necessary paperwork and technology to deliver the training and will support the Experts throughout the webinar.
- A venue from which the Experts can deliver the training.
Option 2: £249 per session (excluding VAT*)
Includes...
- A trained Tier 1 Learning Disability Expert to deliver the training alongside you.
- A trained Tier 1 Autistic Expert to deliver the training alongside you.
- A Supporter who will provide the necessary paperwork and technology to deliver the training and will support the Experts throughout the webinar.
- NOTE: You must provide a venue for the Experts to deliver the session from if opting for this package.
Please get in touch with us for a tailored quote based on your requirements.
Tier 2 Support Package
What is Tier 2?
Tier 2 is a full day of training delivered in person. The topic in the morning is Learning Disabilities. This session is delivered by a facilitator and an Expert with Lived Experience of a Learning Disability.
The topic in the afternoon is Autism. This session is delivered by a facilitator and an Expert with Lived Experience of Autism. The training can be done in two half days if necessary.
Who should attend T2 training?
Staff who interact with patients/ residents within a CQC registered organisation (face to face or via the phone) should attend this training.
How can we help?
If you are a trained Tier 2 Facilitator and need Experts to co-deliver your webinars with, you've come to the right place!
We provide the resources and support that our Experts need to deliver the training alongside you.
Please see the packages that we offer below.
Meet & Greets
It is important for our Experts to meet with you prior to delivering the training. This can be done on Microsoft Teams or face-to-face and will incur a small cost to cover our time and the Expert's time.
Support Packages - Tier 2
Option 1:
£499 per Tier 2 (excluding VAT*)
Note: The cost remains the same whether it is delivered in 1 whole day or 2 half days.
Includes...
- A trained Tier 2 Learning Disability Expert to deliver the LD training session alongside you.
- A trained Tier 2 Autistic Expert to deliver the autism training session alongside you.
- A Supporter who will prepare the Experts for the training, organise and pay for their transport, provide the necessary paperwork (e.g. scripts and training notes) and will support the Experts throughout the training.
Option 2: £249 per half day of training (excluding VAT*)
Note: This package is for if you have one Expert with Lived Experience to deliver alongside you but need a second.
Includes...
- Either a trained Tier 2 Learning Disability Expert OR an Autistic Expert to deliver the relevant training session alongside you.
- A Supporter who will prepare the Expert for the training, organise and pay for their transport, provide the necessary paperwork (e.g. script or training notes) and will support the Expert throughout the training.
Please get in touch with us about any of these packages and we will give you a tailored quote based on your requirements.
Option 3: £49.99 per participant (excluding VAT*)
Note: This package is for those who haven't got a trained O.M facilitator and need us to provide the full package. Sessions must be booked for a minimum of 20 participants.
Includes...
- A qualified lead facilitator to deliver the training.
- A trained Tier 2 Learning Disability Expert to deliver the LD training session alongside them.
- A trained Tier 2 Autistic Expert to deliver the autism training session alongside them.
- A Supporter who will prepare the Experts for the training, organise and pay for their transport, provide the necessary paperwork (e.g. script and training notes) and will support the Experts throughout the training.
Testimonial
'Chrissie has been absolutely wonderful support to me as a new trainer. From helping me navigate how best to run the session, providing me with helpful notes to make sure the experts with experience were involved to the extent they felt comfortable with as well as matching us to fantastic experts with experience whose insights and experiences really brought to life the need for the training to all present.
Chrissie was very knowledgeable, supportive, organised, prepared and made sure that everything the expert with experience and I needed was provided for. I cannot thank Chrissie enough!'
Dr Elizabeth Cottrell
GP Principal, Wolstanton Medical Centre
Support for Facilitators
At Inclusive Insights, it's not only about supporting the Experts with Lived Experience, we're also there to provide support for Facilitators.
Facilitating this training is a frightening prospect. If you have a gap between when you complete your training and when you start delivering the training, why not book for a one-to-one refresher session with us? We'll go through all the materials with you again and give you any tips you need to help you through.
Still having a crisis of confidence? We can always negotiate a price so that we can deliver some or all of your first session to help you get started!
Testimonial:
'Chrissie and Nicky have supported the Clinical Training Team in the roll out of the Oliver McGowan mandatory training within MPFT. They support the experts by lived experience co-trainers, and do this exceptionally well, ensuring they feel comfortable, valued and listened to.
Alongside this they have been an invaluable support for the staff delivering the training, with their knowledge and understanding of working with people with Learning Disabilities and Autistic people, they are able to answer questions non-judgementally and with contextual direction.
We have been lucky to be able to work with them both, and without the support of Chrissie and Nicky, we would not have been able to deliver the high quality level of training that we currently do'.
Phil Isherwood
Mental Health Clinical Trainer, MPFT
Oliver McGowan Facilitator Train the Trainer Courses
Train the Trainer - Tier 2 Facilitator:
Package Cost: £360 per delegate
Details:
This package includes...
- Attendance at a 2-day Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Train the Trainer Course.
Day 1:
You will have a Tier 2 session delivered to you by a Facilitator alongside Experts with Lived Experience.
Day 2:
The trainer will train you on all aspects of being a Tier 2 Facilitator.
You will deliver a short microteach about a topic related to the course content.
If you pass you will then receive a certificate, be added to the list of approved Tier 2 OM Facilitators and will be able to deliver Tier 2 Oliver McGowan sessions to others.
Dates available:
2nd and 3rd July 2026
Expert with Lived Experience Train the Trainer Courses
Experts with Lived Experience of a Learning Disability
3 Day Course:
Day 1: The Learning Disability Content of the Oliver McGowan Tier 2 training.
Day 2: An overview of the Autism content of the Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Training
Day 3: Preparing for becoming an O.M Expert with Lived Experience of a Learning Disability.
Experts with Lived Experience of Autism
3 Day Course:
Day 1: An overview of the Learning Disability Content of the Oliver McGowan Tier 2 training.
Day 2: The Autism content of the Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Training
Day 3: Preparing for becoming an O.M Expert with Lived Experience of Autism.