Calling all health and social care staff in Coventry and Warwickshire – Become an Oliver McGowan Facilitator Trainer
Coventry and Warwickshire’s Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Team is recruiting health and social care staff to become facilitator trainers. They must have a personal or professional knowledge or understanding of learning disabilities or autism and will deliver online and face-to-face training alongside lived experience expert co-trainers.
The training will be co-delivered to help people understand their role in supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people and the difference they can make to improve care.
As the lead NHS learning disability and autism organisation in the area, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) is delivering the training on behalf of Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care System for health and social care.
The team have a big task ahead of them, with over 45,000 people to train across health and social care. They are looking for people who share their passion to get it right for people with a learning disability and autism to make an impact for the better.
Who can apply?
This exciting opportunity is open to all health and social care staff across Coventry and Warwickshire as a secondment. This could be working alongside their current role or as a dedicated trainer on a full or part time basis. They will need to commit to a minimum of training 1 day a week and may train up to 3 days per week. The work day is from 8.30am to 5.30pm, with training delivered between 9am and 5pm.
The pay for this role is a band 5 on the NHS Agenda for Change Pay Scale (£28,407 - £34,581 pro rata), but individuals do not need to be a current band 5 to apply. Applications are welcome from staff at all levels to join the growing team and take part in this rewarding work.
How to apply
To submit an expression of interest please fill in this form and a member of the team will contact you. Applications close 29 May 2024.
Please see the job description and person specification for the skills required for the role.
To apply, health and social care staff will need permission from their line manager and be available for a 2-day training event 19 and 20 June, which will be paid. If they cannot attend this date, they can still submit an expression of interest and the team will be in contact when they have more dates arranged later in the year.
About the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disabilities and Autism
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory 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 statutory requirement that regulated service providers must ensure their staff receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training 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.
Watch these videos to find out more about the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training and meet our lived experience experts.
If you have any questions or would like an informal chat, you are welcome to contact the team. Please email olivermcgowanmandatorytraining@covwarkpt.nhs.uk.