Target Group:
Social Workers and Care & Support
Practitioners in RCT and Social Workers and Assessment and Reviewing Officers
in Merthyr;. Staff with Supervisory responsibility for care managers; Staff with clinical responsibilities in
allied roles
Aims
To introduce and consider basic concepts in the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) including mental capacity / decision making ability, best interests and the least restrictive principle
- To introduce the basic concept of a Deprivation of Liberty and explain how this has been affected by developments in case law
- To discuss and demonstrate how the SSWB Act and the associated Code of Practice require care management staff to practice in a manner compliant with the provisions of the MCA
- To introduce possible future changes to the MCA and DoLS: the implementation of the Liberty Protection Safeguards and proposed new Mental Health Act
- To make staff aware of local procedures, including the prioritisation of more pressing DoL applications to help them understand their responsibilities to notify potential concerns and ensure effective compliance by care home staff and in relation to hospital discharges within the scope of care management duties
- To make staff aware of the need for applications to the Court of Protection in complex cases and in relation to placements in non-registered settings
- To make staff aware of good practice in the face of practice and operational challenges during the Covid 19 pandemic
NB Having attended this course, candidates would be prepared to attend the 'intermediate' level MCA course.
Participants must be available to attend both half day
sessions of this one day course
Objectives
By the end of the course participants will:
- be more familiar with basic concepts of the MCA
- Be familiar with the "Acid Test" of a Deprivation of Liberty and have participated in exercises to demonstrate its application
- be aware of common aims and requirements between MCA/DoLS and the SSWB Act
- Be aware of local procedures for notifying potential concerns about a Deprivision of Liberty