Training programme
Mental Capacity & DoLS
Mental Capacity Act, best interests decision-making and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in practice.
Who it's for
Care staff, senior carers, managers and anyone completing capacity assessments or DoLS applications.
Typical duration
Half day (awareness) or full day (assessors and managers)
Delivery formats
In-house or virtual live
Capacity is assessed badly far more often than it is assessed wrongly. We train staff to carry out and record decision-specific capacity assessments, run defensible best interests processes and recognise when arrangements amount to a deprivation of liberty.
What’s involved
- The five statutory principles in daily practice
- Decision-specific, time-specific capacity assessment
- Recording capacity assessments defensibly
- Best interests decisions and consultation
- Identifying a deprivation of liberty (acid test)
- Urgent and standard DoLS authorisations
- LPAs, advance decisions and IMCA referrals
What changes for you
- Capacity assessments that stand up to scrutiny
- Correctly identified and authorised deprivations of liberty
- Less restrictive practice and better documented consent
Related training
Often delivered alongside
Statutory & Mandatory Training
The full mandatory matrix required for CQC registration, insurer conditions and local authority contracts.
Clinical Skills Training
Competency-based clinical skills for nursing and complex care teams, signed off by experienced senior clinicians.
Safeguarding
Levels 1 to 3 safeguarding for adults and children, mapped to local authority and CQC expectations.
Next step
Build this into a 12-month training plan.
We can audit your current certificates, identify gaps and schedule every course your service needs across the year.