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Mental Capacity Act (MCA) Essentials for Care Workers

Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood
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Event Tutors
Learning and Development
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Target Audience
ASYE Academy (All) / ASYE Academy (Assessors) / ASYE Academy (Children's Services) / CAH Staff / External Care Providers / Social Care Staff / Staff Working in ICS
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Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Adult Social Care
Adult Social Care subcategories
General Adult Social Care
Event description

Please note if you are a Social Worker you should book onto the Professional version of this course.



This training course provides Care Workers with the essential skills and knowledge to apply and comply with the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 when carrying out their role.

The MCA applies to every health and social care worker who is involved in the care, treatment or support of people who are unable to make all or some decisions themselves. Care Quality Commission Inspectors are increasingly asking care workers to explain their responsibilities under the MCA.

The MCA provides legal protection from liability for carrying out care and treatment of people who lack capacity to consent, provided that care workers:

• Understand the principles of the MCA
• Have carried out a capacity assessment and reasonably believe that the person lacks capacity.
• Reasonably believe the action they have taken is in the best interests of the person.

Learning Outcome
1. Understand what mental capacity is and what might affect the mental capacity of the people you work with
2. Be able to identify the decisions you are responsible for in your workplace
3. Be able to apply the MCA principles to the decisions you are responsible for
4. Be able to carry out an assessment of capacity
5. Be able to act and decide in the person’s best interests where they lack capacity for a particular decision.

Learning outcomes

1. Understand what mental capacity is and what might affect the mental capacity of the people you work with
2. Be able to identify the decisions you are responsible for in your workplace
3. Be able to apply the MCA principles to the decisions you are responsible for
4. Be able to carry out an assessment of capacity
5. Be able to act and decide in the person’s best interests where they lack capacity for a particular decision.

Start Date
Wednesday 5 March 2025
End Date
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Closing Date
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Times
09:30 - 12:30
Maximum Places
15 
Cost
£49.00 
Number of Sessions
1
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No