Moving up in Care

Exciting opportunity for aspiring managers to develop their leadership and management skills.

Skills Bootcamp Overview

About the course

Winnovation Training in partnership with skills for care has designed this bootcamp to up-skill new and aspiring managers and specialist staff, enabling them to access new roles, take on more responsibilities and to fill vacancies of managers leaving the industry.

The delivery model includes 10 weeks of 1 day training at 4 hours per day based around the subject. Most sessions will be face to face. However, there is scope for dial in teams sessions.

Bootcamps on offer

Within all three bootcamps Winnovation are offering free Oliver McGowan T2 face to face training which
as a stand-alone unit cost is £995.

  • Aspiring Managers Bootcamp
  • Level 3 Supporting Individuals Learning Disabilities
  • Level 3 Management in Medication Course

Eligibility Criteria

  • Must be aged 19+
  • Must be a resident in Northeast
  • Must have a good level of English
  • For learners who have not resided in the UK for 3+ years a check of residency status will be completed
  • Must be eligible to work
  • Employer co-investment contribution
    (10% SME – Less than 250 employees or 30% SME – 250+ employees)

Start Dates

Level 3 Accredited Learning Difficulties Bootcamp – 20/01/25

Level 3 CPD Medication Bootcamp – 21/01/25

Level 4 CPD Skills for Care Management Standards Bootcamp – 22/01/25

Content Overview

Aspiring Managers

  • Week 1: Leadership and management in social care
  • Week 2: Supporting and developing staff teams
  • Week 3: Regulation and Governance
  • Week 4: Communication
  • Week 5: Working with Partners
  • Week 6: Person centred services
  • Week 7: Safeguarding
  • Week 8: Skills for Care online modules
  • Week 9: Oliver McGowan T2 LD session
  • Week 10: Oliver McGowan T2 Autism session and next steps

L3 Medication Management

  • Week 1: Legislation and Guidance
  • Week 2: Understanding roles and responsibilities
  • Week 3: Receive, store and dispose of medication supplies safetly and legally
  • Week 4: Supporting the use of medications and record correctly
  • Week 5: Online CPD session
  • Week 6: Keeping Records of administration
  • Week 7: Observational practice skills
  • Week 8: Live observation of practice, to be completed by line manager
  • Week 9: Oliver McGowan T2 LD session
  • Week 10: Oliver McGowan T2 Autism session and next steps

L3 Learning Difficulties

  • Week 1: Understanding the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities
  • Week 2: Understanding the context of supporting individuals with learning disabilities (2)
  • Week 3: Understanding how to support individuals with autistic spectrum conditions
  • Week 4: Understanding how to support individuals with autistic spectrum conditions (2)
  • Week 5: Oliver McGowan T2 Autism session
  • Week 6: Oliver McGowan T2 LD session
  • Week 7: Understanding positive risk-taking for individuals with diabetes
  • Week 8: Understand mental health problems
  • Week 9: Safeguarding CPD
  • Week 10: Next steps and finishing

Register your interest…

Book before the 25th of January 2025 to secure a place.


About Winnovation

Winnovation Training was founded in 2009 in the North East region of England.

Winnovation Training, a leading Health, Social and Early Years training provider has been accredited to the matrix Standard, demonstrating the high quality Information Advice and Guidance services they provide to various employers, unemployed and employed learners across the North East.


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