Length: Full day course
An in-depth refresher and update course for social work practitioners.
MCA
- The Five Principles
- Capacity Assessment
- Establishing and ensuring Best Interest
- IMCAs
- LPAs and Advance Decisions
- Statements of wishes and feelings
- The role of the Court of Protection
- Criminal offences under the MCA
DoLS
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) – what are they and when should they be put in place?
- The ‘acid test’ for deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The impact of the Cheshire West case
- The application process for DoLS – Assessments including Best Interest Assessments
- DoLs and the Mental Health Act
- Recent Court cases: how the Court of Protection is interpreting the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS
- Implications for practice