Assessing Mental Capacity

Learning outcomes

• Understand and work towards compliance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Learn about the 5 principles of the MCA
• Understand why it is important to use a person centred approach and help someone to make a decision for themselves

About this course

Assessing someone's mental capacity - their ability to make decisions for themselves - requires a clear set of guidelines and procedures. This training programme has been designed to guide you through this process.

The course looks at the Mental Capacity Act and the five key principles involved in assessing mental capacity. It explains how to help someone make decisions for themselves. It also takes you through the two-stage test involved in making a capacity assessment if you should need to do so. It looks at who may need help, how to help and the extra support you may need to do this.

A key part of this training is to emphasise the importance of keeping the person at the centre of the decision-making process and acting sensitively.

If you work in the Care sector, you may also be interested in our Deprivation of Liberty Training course. We also offer a selection of Safeguarding training courses.

The importance of Assessing Mental Capacity Training

It’s important that you comply with the law and understand the positive impact this training course can have on your organization and employees.

Certificate

Download and print

Each of our courses ends with a multiple choice test to measure your knowledge of the material.

This Assessing Mental Capacity Training course concludes with a 20 question multiple-choice test with a printable certificate. In addition, brief in-course questionnaires guide the user through the sections of the training and are designed to reinforce learning and ensure maximum user engagement throughout.

What does my certificate include?

Your Assessing Mental Capacity Training Certificate includes your name, company name (if applicable), name of course taken, pass percentage, date of completion, expiry date and stamps of approval or accreditations by recognised authorities.

Why is this training important?

Compliance

It's important that you comply with the law and know the ways in which it affects you and the way you work.