Best Interests Assessors Legal Update

Overview

A 1 day BIA Legal update course

Who is Best Interests Assessors Legal Update aimed at?

Adult Social Care Practitioners

Course Length

1 Day

Learning Outcomes

•  Mental capacity legislation and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS), their related codes of practice, national and local policy guidance
• Relevant parts of other legislation, codes of practice, national and local policy guidance, in particular the Human Rights Act 1998, the Mental Health Acts 1983 and 2007, and law/policy related to Adult Safeguarding
• The formal two-stage assessment of capacity
• The impact of mental disorder on mental capacity, including the effect of social, physical, and developmental factors on a person’s ability to make decisions