MHA: admin & management skills 14 & 15 October 2024
Date, Time & Location
14 & 15 October 2024 10:00-15:30
via Zoom
About the Event
Mental Health Act : administration & management skills
PART ONE: 14 October 2024 10:00-15:30
PART TWO: 15 October 2024 10:00-15:30
Aims
This course aims to provide mental health administration staff and hospital managers with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively manage the Act in practice. It considers the necessary tools to ensure effective compliance with the legislation and Code of Practice.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the role of compulsion in the delivery of mental health care
- Familiarisation with the key elements of the Mental Health Act
- Understanding of the specific responsibilities of the Mental Health Act office and its staff
Programme
Session 1 The Building Blocks
Roles and definitions
The major civil orders
Appropriate treatment
Emergencies and holding powers
Informal status
Leave and AWOL
Session 2 Rights and Protection
Consent to Treatment Sections 58 including capacity
Section 132 including
Nearest Relative
Session 3 Rights of Appeal
Mental Health Tribunals
Hospital Managers hearings – full hearings and paper hearings.
Session 4 Community Treatment Orders
CTOs
Recall and revocation
CTO scrutiny exercise & the justifying the need for recall
Managing Mental Health Tribunals for community patients
Session 5 Part III of the Act
Major Forensic orders
Relevant legislation outside the MHA
The right to treat
The Mental Health Tribunal
Reporting requirements and s41
Session 6 Receiving Papers and mechanics of administering the MHA
Fatal and non-fatal errors
Scrutiny and challenge
Brought forward systems, diaries, chasing RCs, databases, access to legal advice. Using Outlook and other diaries, reminders, and chasing
Session 7 Reporting and monitoring
Reporting to the Board – data collection – outputs and outcomes.
Exception reporting
The role of the CQC – what does it look for in relation to MHA administration?
Modernising the MHA – What’s in the report?
The course will be delivered by Cassie Finnigan
Cassie has worked within NHS mental health settings for over 25 years in various roles. She has worked clinically in inpatient mental health services, led a Mental Health Act administration department and as a MHA Improvement Manager. She is currently the Head of Mental Health Act for an NHS Trust, that is rated ‘outstanding’, and has overall responsibility for compliance, governance, and assurance around the MHA. She has developed and implemented Mental Health Act drop-in clinics for service users promoting full involvement in their care. She provides expert advice to all services within her trust and has supported new MHA administrators both in NHS Trusts, Independent Hospitals and Acute Hospitals. Cassie provides training on the MHA, the MCA and the interface for clinicians, advocates and administrators and receives excellent feedback for content, knowledge and delivery. She has an LLM in Mental Health Law.
Includes all course materials and a certificate. Course access details will be emailed direct to delegate(s) upon completion of your booking. If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to email events@edgetraining.org.uk or call 07341 277487.
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