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The multi-agency South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Adults Board oversees the Joint Policy and Procedures for Safeguarding Adults in this area. It is essential that a wide range of staff working in local authority, health and social care agencies are fully aware of the key issues in safeguarding vulnerable adults and of how the policy affects them in their front-line roles. The half-day Raising Safeguarding Concerns course is essential training for all front-line staff and managers who are involved in providing services to adults at risk and who work directly with service users. The course content is mapped to the learning outcomes in the local Safeguarding Adults Training Standards (published Dec 2017) as well as to relevant national occupational standards including the Care Certificate (Standard 10). Course attendance is monitored by the Safeguarding Adults Board. The standard charge for this course is £40. Please refer to our Course Charges on the Home page for information on discounts and exemptions.

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This course is designed to enable practitioners working with young people to develop their knowledge and skills in relation to the application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (‘the MCA 2005’) to their work. The MCA 2005 will be relevant to young people aged 16 and over who lack capacity to make decisions for themselves, as well as parents who lack capacity to make decisions in relation to their children. Recent cases have highlighted the importance of the MCA 2005 in areas such as treatment decisions, the exercise of parental responsibility, admission to hospital and deprivation of liberty.

The course will include the following key topics:

• Consent in under 16’s
• Consent and capacity framework for 16-17 year olds
• The scope of parental responsibility
• Application of the MCA to 16-17 years olds
• Supporting young people to make decisions
• An overview of the MCA 2005- principles, assessment of capacity and determining best interests
• Exceptions, the parts that do not apply to those aged 16-17
• The relationship between the MCA and the Children’s Act 1989
• Legal proceeding involving young people aged 16-17
• Questions, summary & evaluation