Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Training in Health and Social Care

This CPD-certified MCA and DoLS Training course provides caregivers with an introduction to assessing individuals' mental capacity. It outlines what trainees should know to adapt to the needs of people with unique mental health conditions, including relevant guidelines and policies.

When working in health or social care, some individuals may require additional help. It’s important to understand the mental capacity of the individuals in your care and tailor your support to their needs. There are many reasons someone may lack mental capacity, and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) are designed to ensure their freedom is not infringed.

With details on all relevant legal frameworks for safeguarding individuals with reduced mental capacity, our 30-minute course serves as an introduction to the DoLS and MCA. It can also be used to refresh the knowledge of anyone who has previously been trained in these regards, updating their understanding with recent examples.

Learning outcomes for DoLS Training:

• Outline relevant legal frameworks, policy and guidelines
• Explain the meaning of mental capacity in relation to how care is provided

Entry requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this course.

Accreditation

The content of this course has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines.

Certification

At the beginning of each module learners will be asked to answer a “knowledge check” question. Answering the question correctly will allow learners the opportunity to skip this section. However, if they wish to complete it anyway, they are still able to.

On completion of this course, learners will be able to print a Virtual College certificate. Learners must complete the course to obtain their certificate.

Duration

30 study minutes to complete. The length of time taken depends entirely on how quickly learners can study and absorb the material.

Target Audience

This training is designed for anyone working in a health and social care environment such as care workers and support workers wanting to get a good understanding of what is required of them within their role as well as for anyone wanting annual refresher training.

Framework

Our Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in Health and Social Care online training course is mapped to the Skills for Care Core and Mandatory Training Framework. 

Here we explain the framework and its importance. 

Skills for Care Core and Mandatory Training Framework:

The Core and Mandatory Training framework was produced by skills for care in partnership with a panel of social care employers, learning providers and representative organisations and was updated in line with CQC’s revised inspection framework.

It sets out a series of minimum learning objectives and a suggested refresher frequency, to support care organisations to provide their staff with a foundation of learning and refresher opportunities.