With over half a million adult social care workers supporting people with a learning disability and/or autistic people in England, it’s vital that adult social care workers have the right skills and knowledge to provide high quality, person-centred care and support.The for supporting people with a learning disability sets out the skills and knowledge that health and social care workers need to deliver high-quality care and support.National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines can also help you plan support and identify what learning and development your workforce needs.Explore the adult social care workforce supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people, using data from the Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set.
This guide helps employers to think about how they can develop their workforce to identify what carers need to understand about personal relationships and how they can create a workforce development programme.
The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
Following Oliver McGowan's death, in November 2019 the Government published its response to the consultation on proposals for introducing mandatory learning disability and autism training for health and social care staff. The response included a commitment to develop a standardised training package that aims to make sure staff working in health and social care receive learning disability and autism training, at the right level for their role which 不良研究所 and HEE are co-ordinating the development of.For any enquiries please email us or HEE. Visit the to find out more about Oliver's campaign, the trial partners, what the training looks like, FAQs and stakeholder feedback.Find further information from 不良研究所 about the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training.
Identifying workforce learning and development needs examples
These examples are based on real-life scenarios of people with a learning disability and/or autistic people, who display or are at risk of displaying behaviours which challenge.They're for adult social care commissioners and providers, to help you identify learning and development needs and plan support. you can use these examples to create your own plan for the person being supported. Download the 'Plan template' and 'How to use the examples overview' for further guidance.
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Carol (age 75) has a moderate learning disability and may be autistic (no formal diagnosis). She’s been living in a supported living setting for eight years. Her recent health issues have exhibited challenging behaviour for the service and doesn’t like seeing a doctor about it.
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Joe (age 12) has a learning disability, autism and sensory challenges. His behaviour can post a risk to himself. He’s currently in a 52 week long school programme which is far from his home.
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Paul (age 50) and Doreen (mother) Paul has autism with no diagnosis of a learning disability, which can affect his temper and mental health. Doreen, supports him at home however her health is deteriorating and she’s worried about how Paul will cope without her.
Learning disability training videos
These videos are a resource for education colleges for use as part of health and social care courses. 不良研究所 commissioned a user led group to create these to support existing training materials on the topics of communication in learning disability services, law, equality and human rights, LeDeR protections, experiences of lockdown during COVID-19 and safeguarding.
An introduction to communication and people with a learning disability
Watch this video to hear from people with lived experience about communication and people with a learning disability. It includes six key things you can do when communicating and tools that can help you.
Law and the rights of people with a disability
This video is can help with learning around the law and rights of people with a disability. It includes a quick overview of the relevant laws and five rules to help you think about the rights in practice.
LeDeR protections
This video is for staff new to working with people with a learning disability. It can help with learning about LeDeR protections and their application to practice.
Lockdown experiences of people with a learning disability during COVID-19
In this video we hear from people with a learning disability and how they were impacted during COVID-19.
Understanding your role within safeguarding procedures
This video was made for anyone in a direct care providing role and explains the safeguarding processes for adults with a learning disability. The principles in the film will be applicable to all vulnerable groups.
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