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Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

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The Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is designed to protect and empower people who may lack the mental capacity to make their own decisions about their care and treatment. It applies to people aged 16 and over.

It covers decisions about day-to-day things like what to wear or what to buy for the weekly shop, or serious life-changing decisions like whether to move into a care home or have major surgery.

Who should complete the course?

Front-line staff and team leaders in care, health and related services.

Aims

To consider the implications of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) in practice.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, delegates will have the skills to:

Appreciate the importance of the Code of Practice
Define mental capacity
State how to assess a person’s mental capacity
Identify the factors to be taken into account when making a ‘best interests’ decision
Discuss restraint and appreciate the circumstances when this is justifiable
Define a deprivation and identify proportionate responses
Explain the difference between restraint and Deprivation of Liberty
Identify a possible Deprivation of Liberty
Appreciate the process to follow if a person is deprived of their liberty

Course Content

Code of Practice
Statutory principles
Assessing capacity
Alternative decision makers
Best interests decisions
Restraint and restriction
What is Deprivation of Liberty?
The referral process
What happens next?

Duration

1 day

Assessment

Groupwork, observation and discussions.

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