This document explains the objective and responsibilities of the MCA DoLS champion role, plus key points of what to focus on in an introductory programme for DoLS champions.

This is an audit form to test compliance with Mental Capacity Act 2005, specifically in relation to staff training.

Findings of a survey of care home managers to look into how successfully the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) was being implemented on the front line of residential care. Respondents answered questions on the five principles of the MCA, and the questions asked how well they lead and supported their staff teams to understand and enact these principles. This research shows how some managers take a range of approaches to MCA implementation. Mentorship, coaching and active, floor-based management seemed to recur in the answers from managers who really wrote confidently about their staff team’s understanding of the MCA. One of the greatest apparent barriers to MCA implementation was information and knowledge not filtering down in homes where managers considered that the MCA, capacity assessments, Best Interests Decisions and DoLS were the concern of managers only, when this should not be the case and all staff should be engaged with, and inform these processes.

List of organisations approved to provide training for people carrying out the role of best interests assessors (BIAs).

This handbook explains what is needed to deliver level 3 qualifications to learners who work as Independent Advocates in either an employed or voluntary capacity. These qualifications allow learners to learn, develop and practise the skills required for employment in an Independent Advocacy role.