Participants will develop an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 including the key principles of capacity assessment, best-interest decision making, consent, restrictive practices, and safeguarding individual rights.
The training aims to equip front line practitioners and managers with the knowledge and confidence to apply MCA and DoLS legislation appropriately within their day-to-day roles, ensuring lawful, person-centred practice and promoting the independence, dignity, and rights of adults they support.
Mental Capacity Act (Morning Session)
- Describe the key principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 & the legal significance of these in practice
- Recognise when a capacity assessment may be required, and who is to complete such, (noting in particular that provided for within the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice.
- Apply the two-stage test of capacity in practice, noting in particular the Supreme Court Decision of JB [2021], and the more recent decision of the Court of Protection in the matter of CT [2025]
- Understand the principles of best-interest decision making.
- Balance individual rights, choice and autonomy with safeguarding responsibilities, noting obligations to establish that a person is not merely making an Unwise decision
To understand the relevance and application of the concepts evolved from the Courts of ‘Protection Imperative’ and matters of ‘Magnetic Importance’
This training is designed for all frontline practitioners and managers working within community-based services who support adults with care and support needs, as well as their carers.