Hive Academy: MCA Assessment and Best Interest for Providers of Care

This session is designed to support Managers and Senior Staff to understand the legal requirements placed upon them when providing care and/or treatment to people who lack mental capacity.

£30.00

Course overview

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is a legal requirement when planning care for a person who is unable to consent to the arrangements in place for them, as a consequence of an impairment of or disturbance in the functioning of their mind or brain. This session is designed to support Managers and Senior Staff to understand the legal requirements placed upon them when providing care and/or treatment to people who lack mental capacity. It will provide some useful guidance/recording tools to support practice and be an opportunity to share good practice.

Who is this course suitable for?

This session is aimed at Managers and Senior Staff who are responsible for the care planning process within their place of work.

Course objectives

To understand the statutory key principles and how they relate to practice.
To understand when to undertake a capacity assessment.
To understand how to undertake a capacity assessment.
To understand how to make a best interest decision.
To understand how the Act protects staff who are engaged in acts in connection with care and treatment.
To explore how to record assessment processes and outcomes.

Course Instructors

Nicky Griffin

Facilitator

Nicky Griffin has worked within the NHS since 1989. She is a Registered Learning Disability Nurse and a quailed Best Interest Assessor. She has worked within Devon Partnership Trust in both inpatient and community settings and in 2007 joined Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust to work as part of the Safeguarding Adult Team in a lead role for the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.