Mental Capacity Assessment & Report Writing for Courts
Training
Price: £300.00 per person
Description
For Independent Mental Capacity Assessors (Social Workers, Nurses, Doctors, OTs, SALTS, Psychologists)
What’s Included:
- Sample written reports.
- Certificate.
An in-depth discussion on sections1 to 3, MCA 2005 on what the law is saying, and what assessors must consider.
It will also have an in-depth discussion with relevant caselaw on how to assess:
Understanding
Retention
Weighing
Communication
The discussion on these topics will highlight the various caselaw, and what the Courts expert to see in a report.
Specific Assessment topics to be discussed:
LPA – Completing the Form and Acting as a Certificate Provider
COP3 – Completing the Form and Assessing Capacity to manage Property and Financial Affairs
Capacity to Litigate – The Law, content and structure of reports
Testamentary or Capacity to make a Will – The Law, content and structure of reports
Capacity to make a gift – The Law, content and structure of reports
Legal Update
- Court of Protection – Role of BIAs
- Case Law – Vaccination and DoLS – Capacity, Best Interest and Vaccination
- DoLS appeals – case law
- Ombudsman ruling and Social Work England ruling
- Representatives: the role of the BIA – case law
- Community DoL applications – case law
- 16-17 year olds and deprivation of liberty – Supreme Court ruling
- Self-neglect and assessing mental capacity – case
- Liberty Protection Safeguards – overview
DoLS > LPS – what is changing
Training Dates
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