Mental Capacity Act (MCA) & Deprivation of Liberties (DOLS) Awareness

The key points covered in this course are:

• Defining the Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards (DOLS)
• Defining the Mental Capacity Act (MCA)
• How this applies to you and your work
• The relationship
• Relevant legislation

Train the Trainer elements:

• Teaching methods
• Learning styles
• How people retain information
• Feedback
• Evaluation
• Ice-breakers
• Presentation skills
• Dos and don’ts

On completion of this MCA and DoLs course, learners will be a qualified trainer in this subject and should know and understand the following: 

• Defining the Mental Capacity Act (MCA)
  Understand and describe what the Mental Capacity Act is, its key principles, MCA development and MCA limitations
• Defining the Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards (DOLS)
  Understand and describe what Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards is and DoLs code of practice
• How this applies to you and your work
  Understand how MCA and DoLs applies to you and your work
• The relationship
  The relationship between MCA and DoLs
• Relevant legislation
  Learn what the law stats the relevant legislation
• Teaching methods
  Deliver sessions with different teaching methods to suit the classroom
• Learning styles
  Understand different learning styles and when is the best time to use them
• Retain information
  How people retain information
• Feedback & Evaluation
  How to evaluate appropriately, and give and receive feedback to the learners
• Ice-breakers
  Learn different ways to ‘break the ice’ with the whole classroom
• Presentation skills
  Confidently present your session to others
• Dos and don’ts
• The dos and don’ts of being a trainer