Mental Capacity

Course Details

Working properly with people who may lack what is known as, "mental capacity" is expected of health and social care providers, which requires training.

This course makes mental capacity straightforward to understand and work with, in a legally compliant manner.

Thorough and informative, it is put across in plain language, which makes is easy to understand.

Whether for induction, vocational, refresher or management training, this is a course you will find extremely useful.

Plus, every trainee receives a FREE training certificate on completion of the course.

The syllabus includes, for example:

  • Advance Directives
  • Assessing capacity
  • Attorneys and Deputies
  • Best interests
  • Choice
  • Codes of Practice
  • Court of Protection
  • Decision making
  • IMCA service (advocacy)
  • Lack of capacity
  • Living wills
  • Mental capacity, what it is and is not 
  • Mental health
  • Needs, wishes and preferences
  • Person centred care
  • Powers of Attorney
  • Presumption of capacity
  • Principles of mental capacity
  • Protection from liability
  • Public Guardian
  • Restraint

Online Training

Take this course online right now from only £2.99, and take advantage of the flexibility of Social-Care.TV!

DVD Training

A DVD featuring the areas covered by this course is available from Mulberry House.