Learning Difficulties and Autism Training for Learning Providers from Skills for Care

Skills for Care have a strong focus on Learning Difficulties and Autism; they are setting up an expert group of people with a learning disability, autistic people and family members and/or carers. They are also running free Best Practice workshops around the country.

Best practice in learning disability and autism training

This event is for learning providers that deliver training about learning disabilities and autism to health and social care providers, and learning and development teams in adult social care organisations that support people with a learning disability and/or autistic people. We’ve included the Taunton date below. You can click the link to find out more. Taunton - 17 March 2020

If you can’t attend book there is a one hour webinar, for an overview.: Webinar – 23 March 2020

What will you learn?

The events will share the latest updates, resources and funding opportunities to keep you up-to-date with best practice in training for services that are used by people with a learning disability and autistic people. They’ll include information about:

  • mandatory learning disability and mandatory autism training

  • Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People (new Nov 2019)

  • Learning Disabilities Core Skills Education and Training Framework (updated Nov 2019)

  • Care Certificate clusters about learning disabilities and autism

  • learning from a pilot project testing a peer review process for positive behavioural support (PBS) training

  • apprenticeship levy and Workforce Development Fund

  • how to keep up-to-date with developments in the sector and the implications for learning providers.

You’ll learn about the latest best practice and get up-to-date information to help you to review your current training materials and identify improvements, to ensure that your training meets current standards. We’ll also explore what it means for providers to specialise in delivering learning to services for people with a learning disability and/or autistic people. 

Who should attend? 

  • Learning providers that deliver training about learning disabilities and autism to health and social care organisations

  • Learning providers that are interested in offering training about learning disabilities and autism

  • Learning providers that specialise in providing to services for people with a learning disability and/or autistic people

  • Learning and development/in-house training teams in adult social care organisations

If you have any questions about these events, please email us

 

 

 

Marie Lovell, Project Manager, Skills for Care