Understanding the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Training Workshop
In social and health care, how do we have the right to do what we do? A sound understanding of the laws affecting decision-making is essential to confident and legally literate practice, whether supporting and enabling and individual’s rights and choice or intervening to prevent harm when required. Applied correctly the legal framework promotes accountability, protecting you and the individuals you support.
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) form a key part of that legal framework. All staff must appreciate why they were devised as well as what part they play in practice. Without understanding this context there is a risk that the DoLS appear to be merely an administrative exercise.
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) form a key part of that legal framework. All staff must appreciate why they were devised as well as what part they play in practice. Without understanding this context there is a risk that the DoLS appear to be merely an administrative exercise.
This session places the DoLS firmly within an essential understanding of Human Rights affecting social care and builds on core knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The purpose the DoLS serve and the extent of their importance will be explored before setting out what the process itself entails. This process will be described with a full explanation of the importance of each part, linking this to aspects of care and support you encounter every day.
Learning Outcomes
Following this session, you will be able to:
Following this session, you will be able to:
- Describe how the DoLS protect the rights of people we support.
- Identify the hierarchy of duties and powers, and how these do and don’t give a right to restrict.
- Contribute to effective DoLS Assessments with a clear understanding of their focus.
- Explain the interplay between the DoLS and the Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Support others to understand how the Safeguards protect an individual’s rights
Target Audience
This programme is relevant for both experienced staff requiring a refresher and those new in post and for practitioners who work directly with adults as well as for managers who support and supervise front-facing staff including:
• Healthcare: Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Occupational Therapists/Assistants;
• Residential and nursing homes: Care Assistants and senior staff;
• Social Work departments: unqualified Social Care workers, Social Workers.
This programme is relevant for both experienced staff requiring a refresher and those new in post and for practitioners who work directly with adults as well as for managers who support and supervise front-facing staff including:
• Healthcare: Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Occupational Therapists/Assistants;
• Residential and nursing homes: Care Assistants and senior staff;
• Social Work departments: unqualified Social Care workers, Social Workers.
About the Trainer
The programme will be delivered by Jason Marshall. Over Jason’s 30 years’ experience at different levels of the social care sector, he has developed an interest in looking deeply at issues of individual rights, power, and the role of public services. As a Social Worker, Trainer and Practice Educator this has led to a passion for high quality practice within the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and safeguarding roles.
Jason has developed many courses and seminars, often drawn directly from experiences in consulting roles for frontline practitioners and always seeking to ensure the learning is directly relevant and applicable to the challenges of practice. He has covered issues including understanding the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, capacity case law, rights and risk taking, mental capacity and sexual relations and frontline practice with people at high risk. On behalf of local authorities, a local Adult Safeguarding Board and in a private capacity Jason’s audiences have included care workers and managers, Social Workers and associated professionals, students, private and voluntary sector organisations, and healthcare staff at all levels.
Jason’s enthusiasm for the MCA stems in particular from a firm belief that this enshrines the rights of individuals to self-determination, making it a powerful tool in genuine empowering practice as well as containing powers for professionals and others which must be used with care and accountability. Addressing this tension from a strong values base is combined with an analytical and accessible style, not to mention an endless professional curiosity and a wish to explore the issues which challenge us most.
The programme will be delivered by Jason Marshall. Over Jason’s 30 years’ experience at different levels of the social care sector, he has developed an interest in looking deeply at issues of individual rights, power, and the role of public services. As a Social Worker, Trainer and Practice Educator this has led to a passion for high quality practice within the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) and safeguarding roles.
Jason has developed many courses and seminars, often drawn directly from experiences in consulting roles for frontline practitioners and always seeking to ensure the learning is directly relevant and applicable to the challenges of practice. He has covered issues including understanding the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, capacity case law, rights and risk taking, mental capacity and sexual relations and frontline practice with people at high risk. On behalf of local authorities, a local Adult Safeguarding Board and in a private capacity Jason’s audiences have included care workers and managers, Social Workers and associated professionals, students, private and voluntary sector organisations, and healthcare staff at all levels.
Jason’s enthusiasm for the MCA stems in particular from a firm belief that this enshrines the rights of individuals to self-determination, making it a powerful tool in genuine empowering practice as well as containing powers for professionals and others which must be used with care and accountability. Addressing this tension from a strong values base is combined with an analytical and accessible style, not to mention an endless professional curiosity and a wish to explore the issues which challenge us most.