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Information

This link enable you to find the Code of Practice to the Mental Capacity Act, information and forms to enable you to make a Lasting Power of Attorney, and a great deal of information about the Act.

E learning

• Public Information Course - Embrace e-learning package
• Mental Capacity Act/End of Life care e-learning package: This links to an e-learning package provided by the Help the Hospices and the National Council for Palliative Care.

Downloads

Introductory booklets about the Mental Capacity Act - these booklets open in a new window

• Booklet 1 - For people who may be unable to make some decisions for themselves/ who wish to plan ahead for the future [pdf, 580Kb]
• Booklet 2 - For family, friends and unpaid carers [pdf, 550Kb]
• Booklet 3 - For people who work in health and social care [pdf, 470Kb]
• Booklet 4 - For advice workers [pdf, 424Kb]
• Booklet 5 – Easy Read – coming soon
• Booklet 6 – The Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service [pdf, 594Kb]

If you would like printed copies of these booklets, please contact The Office of the Public Guardian Customer Services, on 0845 330 2900.

Training Sets for Professional Use:

• Core Training Set (pdf, 500 Kb)
• Residential Care Training Set (pdf, 590 Kb)
• Acute Hospitals Training Set (pdf, 635 Kb)
• Mental Health Training Set (pdf, 735 Kb)
• Community and Primary Care Training Set (pdf, 630 Kb)

Mental Capacity Act Presentations

• Mental Capacity Act: Rachel Griffiths (ppt, 110Kb)
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (ppt, 410Kb)
• Lasting powers of Attorney (ppt, 675Kb)
• Office of the Public Guardian (ppt, 520Kb)

Guidelines for assessment of capacity

• Assessment of capacity (doc, 40 Kb)
• 12 things you need to know (doc, 40 Kb)

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• Log on to Care -
  Information about care projects in Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
• Care Quality Commission website -
  The independent regulator of health and social care in England.
• Skills for Care -
  Working with social care employers and training providers regionally and nationally to establish the necessary standards and qualifications that equip social care workers with skills to deliver an improved standard of care.
• General Social Care Council-
  The social care workforce regulator in England.
• Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) -
  Online source of good practice guidance, research and learning materials.
• CIS Assessment -
  Funded online assessments for the Common Induction Standards and other subjects available in Oxfordshire.

Mental Capacity Implementation Programme website

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