Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism and the Oliver McGowan Code of Practice

13 November 2025 webinar – supporting documentation and guidance

Thank you for joining this webinar. On this webpage, you will find links to resources, FAQs, guidance documents and other information that was referenced during the webinar. We hope you find this helpful.

The recording of the webinar is now available.

Skills for Care

• Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (includes DHSC FAQs and the recording of this webinar). 

• Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) – you will need to have an up-to-date ASC-WDS account to claim funding to support Oliver’s Training costs.

• • For support in logging in or setting up an ASC-WDS account, please email ascwds-support@skillsforcare.org.uk or call the support team on 0133 241 0969.

• Quality assured training and courses – you will find a list of quality assured Oliver McGowan Mandatory training providers through the Quality Assured Care Learning Care Service (QACLS).

• • For further information or support about QACLS, please email QAservices@skillsforcare.org.uk.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

• Oliver McGowan Code of Practice.

• The Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme (LDSS) guidance document and Grant Determination Letter 2025/26 – here, you will also find information on LDSS eligible courses and qualifications.

• LDSS funding is administered via an online claims service, delivered by NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA). To submit claims, you need to complete the LDSS onboarding form.

• If you would like to know more about the LDSS, please contact the team at ASClearninganddevelopmentsupport@nhsbsa.nhs.uk.

• If you’d like to take part in the LDSS user research, please complete the expression of interest form here.

• DHSC FAQs (see Skills for Care website).

• Health and Care Act 2022.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC)

• Mandatory training requirement on learning disability and autism FAQs.

• Regulation 18 guidance.

• CQC guidance to providers on mandatory training requirement on learning disability and autism.

• CQC guide to providers when training staff to support autistic people and people with a learning disability.

• CQC’s enforcement policy.

• Providing feedback to CQC can be done via the National Customer Service Centre (NCSC).

• You can make a complaint here.

NHS England (NHSE)

• NHSE information on the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism

• Oliver’s Training list of approved trainers – this is a list of people who have been trained to deliver Oliver’s Training. Anyone who is not on this list is not approved to deliver Oliver’s Training.

• Oliver’s Training training provider list – this list contains contact details of training providers who have a team of trainers approved to deliver Tier 1 and/or Tier 2 of Oliver’s Training. This list is not exhaustive, and the training providers are not quality assured by Skills for Care’s QACLS. For more information about quality assured training providers, refer to this list on Skills for Care’s website.

• NHSE FAQs.

• The eLearning part of Oliver’s Training (for Tier 1 and Tier 2 training).

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