OUTSTANDING TRAINING FOR PEOPLE
Transforming Care Academy delivers mandatory and specialist care training shaped by people who have actually delivered outstanding care. Every course is built so you leave knowing how to operate in practice — not just recite it back.
We built Transforming Care Academy because most mandatory training is written by people who've never had to deliver the care themselves. Ours is different — it's shaped by the realities of frontline practice, with Oliver McGowan Tier 2 co-taught by people with lived experience.”
CQC regulates care providers; it does not accredit or endorse this training. Reference is to the CQC rating held by Innovations in Care, the care provider our founders operate.WHO TEACHES YOU
Every course is built and delivered by people who have worked in frontline care themselves — including at Innovations in Care, the Outstanding-rated provider our founders lead. That's our focus: training that isn't just theory, it's practical — skills you can actually use on shift, taught by people who understand what it takes to deliver exceptional care.
Our trainers have worked in care themselves, not just trained others from the outside.
Every course is grounded in situations care staff actually face, not generic compliance content.
You leave knowing how to operate in practice — skills for shift, not just facts for a certificate.
WHAT WE OFFER
From statutory mandatory training to specialist, co-delivered programmes — designed to be booked as scheduled courses, commissioned for a whole team, or completed as ongoing learning.
Book onto in-person courses and workshops run from our training suites at Netherhall House.
Commission a tailored training pathway for your whole service or workforce group.
Oliver McGowan Tier 2 is co-taught with people who have lived experience of learning disability and/or autism.
Need a training room for your own course? Space at Netherhall House can be hired separately.
CORE COURSES
Tier 1 and Tier 2 learning disability and autism training, with Tier 2 co-delivered by people with lived experience.
Meets the HSE standard for Emergency First Aid at Work, practised until it's instinct.
Recognising ligature risk and responding fast, rehearsed hands-on — for support workers and managers.
Safe medication administration built around real scenarios, not just paperwork.
Understanding behaviour as communication and the impact of trauma, applied in real practice.
The evidence behind how behaviour actually changes, and how to apply it day to day.
WE ARE RECRUITING
Help us co-teach Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Training. It's a paid, supported role — your experience directly shapes how care teams learn.
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