Level 3 Safeguarding Adults – 20th March 2020
Aims:
This one-day Level 3 Safeguarding Adults training course offers delegates the opportunity to explore the legal framework, which underpins safeguarding adults work, and to explore the key challenges that may arise in practice. It will guide the delegates through the safeguarding adults process and focus on making safeguarding personal. It is for all staff who may be involved in safeguarding adult work which could include social workers, community care officers, social care workers, social care managers, GP’s, practice nurses, heads of quality, chief nurses, designated nurses for safeguarding adults, occupational therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
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- Demonstrate and understanding of the requirements of the Care Act 2014 in relation to adult safeguarding
- Describe personalised responses to adults at risk of harm that reflect the principles of safeguarding
- Understand their roles and responsibilities
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of partner agencies
- Consider the issues surrounding consent, capacity, confidentiality and information sharing
- Describe the key steps and timescales of the adult safeguarding pathway in line with policy and procedures
- Understand what informs a decision to undertake an enquiry.
- Increased ‘legal literacy’ in relation to protecting adults from abuse and neglect
- News update, recent developments, case law, reports in relation to safeguarding adults
- Safeguarding Adults legislation, professional duties under The Care 2014 and relevant multi-agency safeguarding adults' policies and procedures
- Application of the principles of making safeguarding personal
- Identify factors that contribute towards a decision to undertake a S42 Enquiry
- Identify who can carry out an enquiry
- Identify the objectives of a S42 Enquiry
- Work with an adult/in their best interests to develop an action plan
- Identify a need for independent advocacy
- Be able to develop a safeguarding plan
- Practice issues for staff
- Links between safeguarding and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Case studies - a number of cases studies to apply learning in practice
Approved Mental Health Professionals’ Legal Update – 11th May 2020 ** via live webinar **
Aims
The main aim is to give AMHPs the opportunity to update their legal knowledge and skills regarding their work under the Mental Health Act 1983. This update has a focus on practice dilemmas arising from recent statutory changes as well as case law developments.
At the end of the training session AMHPs should be:
- familiar with the changes that have resulted from the Policing and Crime Act 2017;
- aware of the consequences of the MM and PJ cases for CTOs and Part 3 patients;
- up to date with other recent case law;
- able to make decisions involving informal admission of patients (capacity test);
- able to identify the nearest relative of a patient and deal with related dilemmas.
- Summary of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.
- Impact on Mental Health Act sections 135 and 136.
- MHA assessments in police stations.
- Impact of recent case law on s37/41 conditional discharges and on CTOs
- The return of the voluntary patient? Capacity and the informal patient.
- Nearest relative issues
- Summary of other recent case law
