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OUTSTANDING TRAINING FOR PEOPLE

Care training built on real experience, not just theory.

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.

A care worker holding hands with a smiling older woman in a care home lounge
Our founders lead a CQC Outstanding providerInnovations in Care is rated Outstanding overall by the CQC.

Care photos are stock images and do not show our own staff or learners.

Why care teams train with us

Sue Fellows
Sue FellowsFounder, Innovations in Care
We created Transforming Care Academy so that care teams can learn the way we have learned: in real services, alongside the people who use them. Our training is built around real situations, shaped by lived experience and taught by people who have worked in care, so it changes what happens on shift, not just what is written in a policy.
  • Co-delivered with lived experienceOliver McGowan Tier 2 is taught alongside people with lived experience of learning disability and/or autism.
  • Approved trainersApproved Trainer for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training.
  • Where it suits youAt Innovations in Care in Hull, or on site at your own workplace. Scheduled Tier 2 days are capped at 12 places.
  • Real frontline experienceOur trainers have worked in care themselves, not just trained others from the outside.
  • Built around real scenariosGrounded in situations care staff actually face, not generic compliance content.
  • Practical, not just theorySkills for shift, not just facts for a certificate.
Sam Fellows
Sam FellowsDirector, Transforming Care Academy
Our goal is to challenge how health and social care training is done. Meeting the requirements is only the starting point. By pairing real-life experience with engaging, innovative methods, working alongside experts by experience and embracing technology such as virtual reality, we aim to deliver training that is meaningful, memorable and improves the care people receive.

CQC regulates care providers. It does not accredit or endorse this training. The rating is the one held by Innovations in Care, the care provider our founders operate.

WHAT WE OFFER

Training that fits how care teams actually work.

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.

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Scheduled courses

Book onto in-person courses and workshops — currently run from Innovations in Care while Netherhall House is under construction.

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Team programmes

Commission a tailored training pathway for your whole service or workforce group.

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Co-delivered training

Oliver McGowan Tier 2 is co-taught with people who have lived experience of learning disability and/or autism.

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Venue & space hire

Space at Netherhall House will be available to hire again once building work is complete, expected 2027.

Pay later with Klarna

Book scheduled Oliver McGowan Tier 2 places online and pay by card or Klarna.

Front of Innovations in Care, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Education Centre on Chamberlain Road, Hull, where our training sessions are held
Our training sessions are held at Innovations in Care, Chamberlain Road, Hull.

CORE COURSES

Where most teams start.

Statutory

Oliver McGowan Tier 2 training in Hull

Learning disability and autism training for anyone patient-facing or making decisions about someone's care, including directors, co-delivered by people with lived experience. Requires the free Part 1 e-learning first, completed independently.

In personFull day
KlarnaPay for Tier 2 places by card or Klarna
Life-Saving Skills

Level 3 Emergency First Aid at Work

Meets the HSE standard for Emergency First Aid at Work, practised until it's instinct.

In person1 day · 6 hrs
Life-Saving Skills

Ligature Response and Management

Recognising ligature risk and responding fast, rehearsed hands-on — for support workers and managers.

In personFrom 1 day
Life-Saving Skills

Right Person, Right Medicine, Real Practice

Safe medication administration built around real scenarios, not just paperwork.

In personHalf day
Specialist

Positive Behaviour Support and Trauma-Informed Care

Understanding behaviour as communication and the impact of trauma, applied in real practice.

In personFull day
Specialist

The Secrets and Science of Behaviour Change

The evidence behind how behaviour actually changes, and how to apply it day to day.

In personHalf day
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WE ARE RECRUITING

Co-experts with lived experience of learning disability and/or autism.

Help us co-teach Oliver McGowan Tier 2 Training. It's a paid, supported role — your experience directly shapes how care teams learn.

Find out more →
Co-teach and share your experience
Specialist training and mentoring provided
Paid position, travel expenses reimbursed
Help improve understanding of learning disability and autism