Developing skills to provide great community support for autistic people and people with learning disabilities

Learn how to upskill your teams in line with the Mental Health Act reform.

Overview

This online event is for colleagues working across adult social care, or advocating for people who are autistic or have a learning disability.

It will help you to learn more about how adult social care workers can get the skills, knowledge and insight needed to provide high-quality support in the community.

This is part of a series preparing the sector for the proposed Mental Health Act reforms. 

Learning outcomes

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• share good practice in arranging and delivering effective training and support for adult social care staff
• understand approaches to training about autism and learning disability
• apply best practice in training around supporting people in distress
• gain knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) training
• explore training to reduce restrictive interventions
• strengthen skills for working effectively with individuals and families
• use the care workforce pathway and care certificate to design person-centred training.

Who should attend?

• Those responsible for commissioning and delivering training to adult social care workers.
• Those supporting people with a learning disability and/or autistic people at risk of hospital admission or contact with the Mental Health Act.
• Autistic people, people with a learning disability and people who support them.
• Family carers.

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