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Understanding the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) is essential for professionals working in health and social care. Our Mental Capacity Act and DoLS training is designed to give learners the knowledge, confidence, and skills to carry out their responsibilities effectively, ensuring the rights and safety of vulnerable individuals are protected at all times.
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The Mental Capacity Act was introduced to empower and protect individuals who may lack the capacity to make certain decisions about their care or treatment. The DoLS framework ensures that no one is deprived of their liberty without proper safeguards. For healthcare providers, social workers, and managers, understanding this legislation is both a legal requirement and a moral responsibility.
Our MCA and DoLS training equips participants with the knowledge to balance duty of care with respect for individual rights. Whether you’re directly involved in care delivery or management, completing this training helps ensure compliance with national standards and best practices.
This comprehensive program covers the core principles of the Mental Capacity Act, focusing on assessing capacity, making best interest decisions, and understanding how DoLS applications work in practice. Participants will gain clarity on the legal framework and its real-world application.
Through mental capacity assessment training, participants will develop skills to carry out and document capacity assessments accurately, ensuring decisions are legally valid and ethically sound.
The training also explores the challenges of implementing DoLS, including recognising when restrictions on freedom may amount to deprivation of liberty and following correct procedures for authorisation.
Managers and senior staff have additional safeguarding responsibilities under the MCA. Our Mental Capacity Act training for managers provides in-depth insights into managing risk, ensuring compliance, and leading teams effectively in applying the legislation.
This specialist training prepares managers to oversee assessments, support staff in complex decisions, and promote a culture of dignity, rights, and safeguarding within their organisation.
This course is essential for professionals in healthcare, social care, residential care homes, and community care settings. Anyone involved in decision-making on behalf of service users—frontline workers, nurses, care staff, or managers—will benefit from this training.
Completing this training enhances professional development and demonstrates commitment to protecting vulnerable people in your care.
Our CPD-accredited training is delivered by experienced trainers specialising in healthcare law and safeguarding. With flexible delivery options, organisations can schedule sessions without disrupting daily services.
Whether you’re seeking MCA and DoLS training for your team or specialist training for managers, our courses can be tailored to meet your organisation’s needs.
Equip yourself and your team with essential knowledge to uphold MCA principles and ensure compliance with DoLS safeguards. Contact us today to book your training and take the next step in protecting vulnerable individuals while promoting best practice.
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 is legislation designed to protect and empower individuals who may lack the mental capacity to make decisions about their own care and treatment. It applies to people aged 16 and over in England and Wales.
DoLS are a part of the MCA, introduced to ensure that individuals in care homes or hospitals are not deprived of their liberty without proper legal oversight and safeguards. They protect people who can’t consent to their care arrangements.
This course is ideal for health and social care professionals, including support workers, nurses, care home staff, and social workers who work with vulnerable adults or individuals who may lack mental capacity.
You will gain an understanding of the five key principles of the MCA, how to assess mental capacity, how best interest decisions are made, and how the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards apply in practical care settings.
Yes, the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS course is CPD-accredited, meaning it contributes to your Continuing Professional Development and is recognized by employers and regulatory bodies.
The course can typically be completed in 1–2 hours. It is self-paced, so you can start, pause, and complete it at your convenience.
Mandatory Care Courses - Mental Capacity Act and DoLS - online assessment is given on completion of the training material. You will to complete a multiple choice answers exam with a pass mark of 80%. The answers are marked automatically so you will know whether you have passed as soon as you finish the course. If you don't pass, don't worry! You can take the test thirty (30) times. However, you need to purchase the same course again when you use all thirty (30) attempts.
Our online social care courses are accredited by the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and are nationally recognised. Once you have completed your assessment, you will be awarded an accredited certificate in PDF format that is immediately available. Hard copies of the certificate are available for an additional fee. All evidence of learning and certification will remain in our system for your future reference.
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