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MCA for Practitioner and Provider Services Part 1 / A - Awareness delivered by St Thomas Training

Delegates must attend both sessions to complete the course - please add both dates into your calendar. 

Course Outline
The training  is split  into two sessions over consecutive days will give participants an overall understanding of how the Mental Capacity Act applies to their day-to-day work settings

Who should attend?
Social workers, care managers, independent support assistants and occupational therapists and care staff working in provider services (residential and day care) within Adult Social Care. This is specifically aimed at people who need to gain a thorough grounding in what the Act is all about. The next level MCA Part 2 "Putting into Practice "goes into more depth.

This course is a virtual course run via Zoom or Teams - joining instructions will be sent to via diary invite a week before the course date.

Please note, this course will have regular breaks for participants so please ensure you take yourself away from the screen. The course is aimed to be interactive.

Enabling and supporting people to learn and develop as they work is a fundamental leadership skill. This five hour virtual workshop on Microsoft Teams looks at how managers can support people to learn though a variety of management and coaching interventions.

MCA for Practitioner and Provider Services Part 2/B - Putting into Practice delivered by St Thomas Training.

Delegates must attend both sessions to complete the course - please add both dates into your calendar.

The training is split into two sessions over consecutive days . The training will enable participants to build on their understanding of the Act and how they can make sure it is properly implemented in the work settings for which they are responsible.

Who should attend?

Social workers, care managers, independent support assistants and occupational therapists. All participants will be expected to have a thorough grasp of the Mental Capacity Act before attending this session ideally by attending a “MCA Part 1 Awareness Course” 

This course is a virtual course run via Zoom or Teams - joining instructions will be sent to via diary invite a week before the course date.

Please note, this course will have regular breaks for participants so please ensure you take yourself away from the screen. The course is aimed to be interactive.

Safeguarding Adults (Section 42): Making Safeguarding Enquiries delivered by ST Thomas Training

Delegates must attend all four sessions to complete the course - please add both dates into your calendar.

A four part course to enable staff to engage effectively with service users and/or their advocates to prevent or minimise the risk of neglect or abuse and where required, to make enquiries into allegations of abuse, in line with the Care Act 2014.

Who should attend?
Health and social care professionals and managers who conduct or are involved in safeguarding adults enquiries. Staff attending must already have a thorough understanding of Safeguarding Adults.

This course is a virtual course run via Zoom or Teams - joining instructions will be sent to via diary invite a week before the course date.

Please note, this course will have regular breaks for participants so please ensure you take yourself away from the screen. The course is aimed to be interactive.

This 5 hour virtual workshop on Microsoft Teams explores the link between the business environment, effective management and service performance. It is equally relevant to new managers and those who are already managing but need a refresher.

Following the workshop, attendees will be directed to the extensive library of reading and digital study materials on this subject available on Knowledge Hub.

Delegates must attend both sessions to complete the course - please add both dates into your calendar.

Safeguarding Adults – Best Practice for Safeguarding Planning and Review Meetings -For Managers, Senior ASC Practitioners/Professionals involved in chairing and participating in Safeguarding meetings 

The training is split into two sessions over consecutive days and will enable managers and senior staff to chair and/or contribute to safeguarding meetings effectively and in line with the Care Act 2014, ensuring a safe outcome for the service user consistent wherever possible with their chosen outcome(s).

Who should attend?
Senior or experienced health and social care professionals, who are required to chair and/or attend such meetings. All participants would be expected to have a firm grasp of safeguarding issues prior to attending this training

Developing Safeguarding Practice Refresher (Annual refresher for ASC staff after completing the basic safeguarding awareness course)

Aim: This half day refresher will enable participants to discuss and develop their safeguarding knowledge and skills in a supportive learning environment

Target group: ASC Staff and PCC Partners who have previously attended the safeguarding awareness course and require an update and to develop their knowledge and skills of safeguarding adults (including ISAs, Carers,Nurses, SWs,OTs).

Due to COVID-19 restrictions this is a virtual training session on “Zoom”. You will access the training using your device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet or smart mobile phone). You will need an internet connection, as well as a microphone, camera and speakers on your device. It is your responsibility to ensure that you have this equipment, and that you can access Zoom.

Delegates must attend both sessions to complete the course - please add both dates into your calendar.

Course Outline: Mental Capacity Act Refresher: Learning Lessons from Court of Protection Cases delivered by ST Thomas Training

Annual refresher to update your knowledge on the Mental Capacity Act

The training is split into two sessions over consecutive days. The training will look at a range of cases which have been considered by the Court of Protection, to see what lessons can be learnt for our everyday practice.

Mental Capacity Act cases go to the Court of Protection either where there is conflict amongst the people involved, and/or where the issue is so serious or complicated that it cannot be resolved through meetings and negotiation. The rulings of the Court, and the reasons for those rulings, can be invaluable in helping health & social care practitioners deal with similar issues in their own practice. 

Who should attend?

Anyone who works in a health and/or social care setting (eg hospitals, social worker teams, OT, ISA, residential or community care, GP surgeries etc). Participants should already be familiar with the Mental Capacity Act and the Code of Practice, because this is not an awareness session.

Delegates must attend both sessions to complete the course - please add both dates into your calendar.

A two session course to enable managers in the public, voluntary, private and independent sector to fulfil their safeguarding responsibilities effectively, and to work with their partners in the statutory sector to achieve, wherever possible, the outcomes service users wish to achieve for themselves.

Who should attend?
Anyone who works in a managerial or senior capacity in a health or social care provider setting (e.g. residential homes, day centres, supported living, domiciliary care etc.). Participants should already have a good understanding of the basics of Safeguarding Adults as this is not an awareness session.

This course is a virtual course run via Zoom or Teams - joining instructions will be sent to via diary invite a week before the course date.

Please note, this course will have regular breaks for participants so please ensure you take yourself away from the screen. The course is aimed to be interactive

MCA for Practitioner and Provider Services Part 3 DoLs /Awareness of LPS new legislation delivered by St Thomas Training

Please add the date into your calendar

The half day training session will give participants an overall understanding of how the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (“DoLS”) apply to their day-to-day work settings.

NB: participants need to understand that a House of Lords report, followed by a Supreme Court judgement, both of which were published in March 2014, have fundamentally altered what DoLS are all about. Therefore this session is relevant even if you have previously attended DoLS training.

To give participants an understanding of how the new Liberty Protection Safeguards will apply to their work settings, and to examine what changes they need to make in order to manage the transition from DoLS to LPS. NB: At the time of writing this outline the Code of Practice, and various regulations, are still to be finalised with the implementation of LPS now delayed until April 2022.

Who should attend?

Social workers, care managers, independent support assistants and occupational therapists. It is essential for all participants to have a good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 prior to attending part 3.

This course is a virtual course run via Zoom or Teams - joining instructions will be sent to via diary invite a week before the course date. Please note, this course will have regular breaks for participants so please ensure you take yourself away from the screen. The course is aimed to be interactive.