
Fri 14 Apr
|via Zoom
Safeguarding & the MCA 1 & 2 December 2022
Date, Time & Location
14 Apr 2023, 19:00
via Zoom
About the Event
Part 1 : 1 December 2022 10:00-13:00
Part 2 : 2 December 2022 10:00-13:00
Aims
This course aims to enable delegates to consider the impact of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in relation to their role in safeguarding adults.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course participants will:
Improve knowledge and application of robust assessments of capacity in safeguarding adults cases
Identify the legal aspects of the MCA that have particular importance in safeguarding and consider the role and use of the Court of Protection
Consider how to use the MCA to respond to specific types of abuse and identify and carry out best practice in the application of the Mental Capacity Act
Programme
The Care Act and MCA in a National Context
MCA overview – assessment of capacity – Best Interests – Restraint – DOLS
Safeguarding adults and the Mental Capacity Act – the power/authority to take action to safeguard adults who lack capacity
Approaches to Safeguarding, the 4 literacies
Learning from SAR’s
MCA overview – assessment of capacity – Best Interests – Restraint – DOLS
MCA Principles and Care Act Principles– protecting people and maximising capacity
Defining capacity and assessing capacity – fundamentals, case law and practical application in safeguarding cases
Taking risks - unwise decisions v lack of capacity
Examples of action under the MCA and the Role of the Court of Protection
Bridget Case study-the MCA and how it can protect
Exploring Human Rights, Safeguarding and the MCA 2005
Case Study -Polly
Best Interests and well being– overview and practical application
Case study – making a best interest decision
Flash points
Refusing and assessment of capacity
Capacity and ‘vulnerability’
Decisional and executive capacity
Lessons from case law – the impact of coercion and family relationships including when people don’t have an impairment or disturbance of the mind or brain- inherent jurisdiction
The course will be delivered by Dawn Revell
Dawn is a qualified Social Worker having obtained her professional status over 18 years ago. She continues to practice as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) under the Mental Health Act 1983.She is a joint trained investigator for safeguarding adults and presently has responsibility for managing and advising on complex safeguarding adult cases. Dawn presently manages a generic, county wide social services emergency duty team. She has worked as an associate trainer for over 4 years and has designed, facilitated and delivered training on risk assessment, mental health, mental capacity and safeguarding adults.
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 assistant@edgetraining.org.uk or call 07341 277487.
Tickets
Course Place
£150.00
+£30.00 VAT
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