Table of Contents

1. Tutorial Video
2. Reading Materials
• Laser Learning e-Book ‘Understanding mental capacity in adult care’
• ‘Mental Capacity Act (MCA)’ on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
• ‘Mental Capacity Act 2005: Code of Practice’ by the Department for Constitutional Affairs
• ‘Advocacy in mental health’ on the Mind website
• ‘Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS)’ on the Social Care Institute for Excellence website
• ‘Checklist for practitioners applying The Mental Capacity Act’ by NHS England
• ‘Decision making and mental capacity’ by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• ‘Promoting less restrictive practice’ by the Local Government Association
3. Presentation
• Understanding the Mental Capacity Act
• Restrictive practice
4. Good Practice Example
5. Good Practice Example
6. Interactive Quiz
7. Evidence Opportunities
• NCFE CACHE
• ICQ
8. Further Reading
• ‘Mental Capacity Act: making decisions’ on the Gov UK website
• ‘Advocacy under the Mental Capacity Act’ by Hampshire County Council
• ‘Putting the Mental Capacity Act principles at the heart of adult social care commissioning: A guide for compliance’ by the Local Government Association
• Click to read ‘At a glance 16: Managing risk, minimising restraint’ on the SCIE website
• Click to read ‘Positive approaches to reduce restrictive practices in social care’ on the Social Care Wales website
9. Think And Challenge