Capacity and Consent Training

Facilitated by the Law Centre Ni

Aims

It will consider the legal rules regarding assessment of capacity and how ‘best interests’ decisions can be made on behalf of an adult who is considered to lack the necessary mental capacity to make their own decision.  The course will include examining decision-making in relation to the provision of social care services; (such as deciding where an adult without capacity should live; with whom they should have contact and the type of care they should receive) and financial matters (such as Enduring Powers of Attorney and the role of the Office of Care and Protection).

It will explore the current legal perspective on disputes between care professional/providers and carers.

 This course will be a useful start to developing a greater focus on capacity in advance of expected new mental health and mental capacity legislation.

 Learning outcomes

 By the end of this course participants will:

-       Understand the law governing consent and capacity;

-       Understand how an adult’s mental capacity to make a social care decision is assessed;

-       Understand the legal rules which govern decision making on behalf of adults without capacity in relation to social care and financial matters;

-       Understand the respective roles and responsibilities of informal carers and care providers/professionals in the provision of services to adults without capacity;

-       Understand how disputes between carers and care providers/professionals which concern service provision to an adult  without capacity can be resolved

 Lunch will  be provided