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Mental Capacity Act 2005

Mental Capacity Act training documentation.

• Core Training Set  (500.39 KB)
  This training is for staff working with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) in England and Wales. It is designed to be used as the basis for training sessions for staff who are working with people whose capacity to make particular decisions may be uncertain or questionable, and for training those working with people who wish to plan ahead or make their decisions in advance.
  
  
• Awareness Presentation  (73.00 KB)
  Powerpoint presentation introducing staff to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and its purpose
  
  
• Acute Hospitals Training Set  (635.45 KB)
  This set of materials is designed to cover the knowledge needed by those working in acute hospitals. The training focuses on how the MCA will be used in practice.
  
  
• Mental Health Training Set  (735.24 KB)  
  The materials are designed to cover the knowledge needed by those working with people with mental health needs in a range of health and social care front-line services such as day services, community teams, inpatient services, assertive outreach and early intervention services. The training focuses on how the MCA will be used in practice.
  
  
• Community Care and Primary Care Training Set  (629.49 KB)  
  This set of materials is designed to cover the knowledge needed by those working in a range of social care and primary and community health settings, including front-line services such as home care, day centres, training centres, GP surgeries, community nursing services and health centres. The training focuses on how the Act will be used in practice by staff in these settings.
  
  
• Mental Capacity Act: e-learning course (course demo)  
  This course has been developed in association with the Department of Health. Its purpose is to update anyone with an interest in the mental health sector with the provisions of the new Mental Capacity Act.
  Worcestershire County Council has a 30 day trial license for up to 100 users. Once this has been reached, new users trying to log on will be prevented from using the programme
  
  You will need to follow these steps to begin:
  
  Step 1
  Click on the e-learning link above, this will take you to the dedicated Worcestershire County Council e-learning page where you access the course. Click on the Register here button.
  
  Step 2
  Enter your details. – You create your own user name and password. Make a note of your username and password as you will need them for logging on in the future.
  
  Step 3
  Go back to your main page and click on the ‘Enrol’ button.
  Your Licence Number is: GYL0UT. Enter this in the field provided and you will then be taken to the course menu.  Click on the course title and the modules and units will appear. Now click on a unit to begin.
  
  This enrolment process establishes a link between you, the learner, and the licence. Once done, there is no further need to enter either the licence number on future occasions - simply log in and you will be delivered to your course. Furthermore, if you are part-way through a course when you log out, you will be delivered back to the point you reached if, on logging back in, you click on 'bookmark'.