The Sheltered Housing Network

Supporting All Involved in The Provision of Sheltered and Supported Housing

General Information

This interactive training event addresses the legal and moral issues in relation to The Mental Capacity Act for professional support staff within their own job role.  It encourages participants to explore perceptions and attitudes towards mental capacity and consider their legal and moral obligations when providing support to service users to whom The Mental Capacity Act may apply. It is designed to help staff recognise their own role and responsibilities when providing support to people who are experiencing mental ill health. The course is primarily for people working in either a community or residential setting but may also benefit others working in similar environments.

The training day itself will aim to create a general awareness and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and focus on the role of Sheltered / Supported Housing Staff (and others who provide support services) in relation to the Act. 

This training event will be supported by a workbook providing participants with the opportunity to gain more in depth information without losing the ability for the day to be an interactive and stimulating event.

The workbook will cover the topic of Mental Capacity and the Mental Capacity Act in greater detail affording participants to gain a greater knowledge and wider understanding of the topic.  The content covered within the workbook will enable students to revise the subject matter at any time after the initial training day

The training will be linked to a piece of reflective practice to enable participants to gain evidence of competency and use this in their Continuing Professional Development (CPD).  This would also enable employers to evidence a standard in respect of staff competency.

The Reflective Practice element of the training will be optional.  

A range of training methods will be used in delivering the course content. This will assist in ensuring effective input of course material. Participants will be encouraged to take an active part in each session.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO GAIN FROM THE TRAINING DAY:

Outline of Course Content

• The requirements of The Mental Capacity Act in relation to Support Provision

• Who the Act applies to and how capacity will be assessed

• How the Act affects the way support provision is delivered

• Complying to the Act and the repercussions of not doing so

• Ethical and moral issues for those involved in providing support

Overall aim of this training:

To enable participants to understand and adhere to the requirements of the Mental Capacity Act in relation to the provision of support.

Course Objectives - What you should be able to do by the end of the training event

1. Define the terms Mental Capacity and incapacity

2. Explain the basic elements of the Mental Capacity Act

3. Discuss the impact of the Mental Capacity Act has on the delivery of support services

4. Identify what you need to do (and not do) to ensure that you comply with the Mental Capacity Act

5. Address key ethical and moral issues around providing support to people with mental ill health

Summary

The training is designed to be flexible and the content and setting can be varied to meet the particular requirements of individual groups.

Participants will be encouraged to adopt a supportive and positive approach to the group as a whole. It is hoped that this will allow individuals to achieve greater proficiency and confidence through taking part in a stimulating and enjoyable learning programme.

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Sutton in Ashfield - 8 Nov 2010