Mental Capacity E-Learning Course

Mental Capacity E-Learning Course

Mental Capacity Act Online Training for Carers

Level:
Level 2 & 3.

Accreditation:
This course is CPD certified, links to level 2-3 Health and Social Care Diploma and to Care Certificate Standard 9: Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability.

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About this course

This Mental Capacity course is designed to help you to learn about the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and to show you how you can put the requirements into practice in your role as a health and social care worker and meet the expectations in Health and Social Care.

Health and social care workers are involved in supporting individuals with their daily living and the decisions that they make. It is important that you understand the individuals’ rights in making choices and decisions, knowing how to enable them to make informed choices and decisions.

Mental Capacity is not mandatory but an expectation of Stakeholders, including the Care Quality Commission.

It is recommended that this course is completed alongside all mandatory subjects.

This Course Links To

  • Health and Social Care Diploma

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Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course learners should know and understand the following:

  • Explain the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Code of Practice
  • Recognise each key principle of the Act and how this relates to your role.
  • Understand the importance of assessment.
  • Understand what fluctuating capacity is.
  • Recognise what an advance care plan is and when to implement.
  • Know the safeguards in place to protect individuals that lack capacity to make safe choices and decisions.

Course Syllabus Includes

  • The MCA and Code of Practice

  • Mental capacity

  • ‘Poor’ decisions and mental capacity

  • Types of decisions

  • Who is affected

  • Making decisions

  • Five principles of the MCA

  • Supporting the individual to make decisions

  • Good communication

  • Assessing capacity – Stages 1,2 & 3

  • When to assess capacity

  • Who should be involved

  • Formal assessment of capacity

  • Making complex decisions

  • The court of protection

  • Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA)

  • Independent Mental Capacity Advocates (IMCA)

  • Defining ‘Deprivation of Liberty’

  • Restriction and restraint

  • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)

  • HL vs United Kingdom

  • DOLS authorisation

  • Best Interests

  • No refusals criteria

  • Making a DOLS application

  • Court of Protection

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