Approved Mental Health Professionals’ Re-Approval Course – 21, 22 & 26th May 2020 – Three Day Webinar Based Programme
The whole course provides the annual statutory requirement of 18 hours.
Aims
The course is to help staff confirm they meet the competences required to practise as an AMHP. It revisits the 5 main areas of competence required by the Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) (England) Regulations 2008: application of values; knowledge of law and policy; knowledge of mental disorder; skills of working in partnership; and, skills of making and communicating informed decisions. It is recommended that staff complete this course as they approach their formal five year re-approval stage. It should contribute to the provision of evidence of the required competences. It is also designed to meet the needs of those returning to AMHP work after a few years out of practice. In each of the years between re-approval staff are required to undertake at least 18 hours of relevant training.
The course is delivered by:
Rob Brown, independent trainer and social worker. He provides consultation and supervision for AMHPs in Cornwall & for AMHP Leads in Hampshire, Portsmouth, West Berkshire and Lambeth. He was a founding Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Ltd. Rob teaches AMHPs, s12 approved doctors and approved clinicians. He is Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University. Rob has published a number of books in the fields of mental health and mental capacity law. His most recent publication is “The Approved Mental Health Professional’s Guide to Mental Health Law” (5th edition, Sage, 2019). From 1993-2010 he was a Mental Health Act Commissioner and Director of ASW/AMHP courses over the same period.
Christine Hutchison is a Director of Edge Training and Consultancy Ltd. She has worked in the NHS and several local authorities for over 30 years and worked as an ASW and then AMHP from 1995 to 2013. Christine was a Mental Health Act Commissioner with the CQC from 2009-2013. She lectured for Bournemouth University AMHP/BIA programmes for over 10 years and currently sits as a Specialist Lay Member of the Mental Health Tribunal Service. She is co-author of Focus on Social Work Law- Mental Health 2016 (Palgrave MacMillan).
Structure of the course
Day One: 10.30 – 12.30 Home based preparation 13.30 - 17.30 webinar.
Day Two: 10.30 – 12.30 Home based preparation 13.30 - 17.30 webinar.
Day Three: 10.30 – 12.30 Home based preparation 13.30 – 17.30 webinar.
Resources
You will need access to a copy of the Mental Health Act 1983 either on-line at:
www.legislation.gov.uk or within a copy of Jones’ Manual or “Mental Health Law in England and Wales” by Barber, Brown and Martin (2019). A discounted copy of this can be purchased by using the attached flyer. On the same flyer Rob Brown’s 2019 edition of “The AMHP’s Guide to Mental Health Law” will be very useful.
Webinar Sessions, Contents and Homework Topics
Day One: Rob Brown
Morning preparation exercises (use reference books - results in the afternoon):
- Reminder of risk criteria in the MHA. MC Quiz. (30 minutes)
- European Convention on Human Rights (30 minutes)
- Nearest Relative vignettes (60 minutes)
- Introduction to the course.
- The Coronavirus Act 2020: Implications for AMHPs.
- Bed shortages and the impact on AMHP work. Exercise.
- Recent statistics on the use of the Mental Health Act.
- CQC Report on MHA 2018-19.
- The Human Rights Act and its impact on AMHP work.
- Feedback on quiz.
- How to identify the Nearest Relative. Results of vignettes exercise.
- How well do you know DoLS? exercise
- s117 case vignette
- s135 exercise (completing an application)
- s136 MCQ
- The Policing and Crime Act 2017. Changes to s135 and s136 MHA 1983.
- The Mental Capacity Act: an overview of its impact on AMHP practice.
- Recording assessments of capacity to consent to admission
- Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS). The eligibility assessment. AM v SLAM.
- Liberty Protection Safeguards
- S117 After-care
- Part 3 exercise (30 minutes)
- CTO quiz. (60 minutes)
- AMHP competence exercise (30 minutes)
- Part 3 MHA, s37/41 conditional discharge.
- Answers and discussion on Part 3 exercise.
- s7 guardianship, s17 leave, s17A (CTOs).
- Feedback on CTO exercise
- Recent case law on children & mental health law (Re D).
- MM (conditional discharge), & PJ (CTOs and dol).
- Code of Practice issues. What is mental disorder?
- The return of the voluntary patient?
- Producing a portfolio of evidence for approval. Feedback on morning exercise.
- Summary and evaluation. Any final questions.
Best Interests Assessors Report Writing – Programme 2 – 22nd May 2020 – ** VIA LIVE WEBINAR **
Please note Best Interests Assessors Report Writing Programme 1 (15th May ) and Programme 2 (22nd May) feature different content that can be attended on a stand-alone basis or together. If you are booking only one of these courses, please read the programmes carefully to ensure you are selecting your preferred programme.
Aims
This course is targeted specifically at qualified Best Interests Assessors (BIAs) and aims to provide them with the knowledge and skills needed to ensure robust and legally defensible assessments under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguarding (DoLS).
Learning outcomes
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- To understand the legal framework and how to apply this to the DoLS assessments
- To consider what evidence to present to meet the legal requirements of the mental capacity requirement
- Consider how to make BIA reports accessible to service users and their representatives.
- To be able to use form 3 effectively
- Guidance on carrying out ‘virtual’ capacity assessments
- The DoLS mental capacity requirement
- Applying the statutory principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to practice
- What is relevant information? Guidance from case law
- What to record to satisfy the second principle
- The section 3 assessment in detail – guidance from case law & how to record
- Complex assessments – fluctuating capacity & executive dysfunction
- Conclusion – how to evidence the ‘causative nexus’
Care Act Easements- The Impact of the Coronavirus Act 2020 – 28th May 2020 – ** VIA LIVE WEBINAR **
Aims : The Coronavirus Act 2020 permits local authorities to relax certain aspects of their duties under the Care Act, where they can justify it. This webinar looks in depth at the ‘easements’ that are permitted, when they should be introduced, what Government Guidance says about applying them, and authorities’ continuing obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and the implications for local aurthority practice. It also considers the latest Guidance on assessments under the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards during the pandemic. There will be opportunities for participants to raise questions and to consider a typical case study.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will have a better understanding of:
- the Coronavirus Act, in particular Schedule 12 setting out the Care Act ‘easements’;
- Government Guidance on applying the easements;
- the key articles of the European Convention on Human Rights;
- what is required of a human rights assessment and consequent decision-making;
- Government Guidance on MCA and DOLS assessments during the pandemic;
- how to make defensible social care decisions during the present health crisis..
Includes all course materials and a certificate. Webinar access details will be emailed direct to delegate upon completion of your booking.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to email assistant@edgetraining.org.uk or call 07341 277487.
Understanding the Court of Protection (Updated with COVID-19 CoP Guidance) – 8th June 2020 – ** via live webinar **
Aims:
This half day training course (delivered by Webinar) is designed to enable participants to feel equipped to attend the Court of Protection and to ensure they know what to expect; the best way to give evidence; the key court of protection roles; courtroom etiquette and terminology. The course will help delegates prepare to give evidence and deal with challenging questioning. A barrister in the field will give them tips on writing witness statements and ensuring the oral evidence they give is fair, balanced and accurately represents application of the key components of the Mental Capacity Act to the Court of Protection judge.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the course, delegates will understand:
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- Key aspects of mental capacity law with reference to statute and code
- Familiarised with the Court of Protection process and reasons to go to court ie s21A
- Key legal terms in the Court of Protection and what they mean
- The process of evidence giving and the different roles
- Update on Court of Protection COVID-19 guidance.
