Specialist care
4 lessons
CPD certificate
2–3 hours
About this course
A thorough understanding of mental capacity — legal frameworks, assessment methods, advocacy and communication — to promote independent decision-making and safeguard vulnerable individuals.
What you'll learn
- The Mental Capacity Act and its principles
- How capacity is assessed
- Best-interest decision making
- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
- Advocacy and supporting independent decisions
Course content
4 lessons · 1 assessment
1
The Mental Capacity Act
Reading
Assessing capacity
Reading
Best-interest decisions
Reading
DoLS and advocacy
Reading
Assessment — 3 questions
Pass 80%
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