Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
This course is for staff who are or may find themselves working with individuals who lack capacity or have deprivation of liberty safeguards in situ.
Duration: 3.5 hours
Course Content
- What is mental capacity?
- The mental capacity act 2005
- Best interest decisions
- The 5 key principles
- Supporting decision making
- Communication
- Information provision
- Lack of capacity
- The legal situation
- Advance decisions
- Independent mental capacity advocates
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Assessment Method: Ongoing trainer observation.