Evolution not Revolution
MCA & Deprivation of Liberty: Applied Practice
A six-stage applied MCA and deprivation of liberty pathway covering post-AGNI analysis, rights, safeguards, reflection and defensible practice.
- 3 hours CPD
- 6 stages
Free with a Portal account
Free with a Portal account. New to the Portal? You can create a free account from the sign-in page, and you will come straight back to the first stage.
Work through a structured route across the Practice Support Hub, combining MCA foundations, post-AGNI deprivation of liberty learning, case analysis, reflective supervision and a final applied assessment.
Who it is for
- Practitioners
- Supervisors and managers
- Teams
- Students and newly qualified
What you will be able to do
- Apply the core principles of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to decision-specific assessment and practice.
- Identify and evaluate relevant evidence when assessing capacity and reaching defensible professional judgements.
- Analyse deprivation of liberty in light of current case law, including AGNI, using a fact-sensitive and multi-factorial approach.
- Evaluate restrictions, consent, objection, necessity and proportionality within rights-based decision-making.
- Critically examine alternatives and safeguards, including through reflective supervision and professional challenge.
- Integrate legal, ethical and practice evidence to reach and record clear, proportionate and defensible decisions.
What you will explore
Stage 1: ORIENTATE
Start with your practice
Identify what you need from the CPD and reconnect with the core MCA principles that should shape decision-specific practice. Focus on presumption of capacity, support to decide, unwise decisions, decision specificity and the relationship between evidence and professional judgement.
Complete both activities to finish this stage.
- OrientateStatus: Start here
- Assume vs Presume CapacityStatus: Opens after Orientate
Complete each stage to reveal the next. 5 more stages to come.