Course Outline:
This one-day course explores how to ensure that the delegate's aims, of helping children and young people with mental health difficulties, align with the key human rights principles of autonomy, control and participation.
Delegates will explore how to ensure that their aims of helping children and young people with mental health difficulties align with the key human rights principles of autonomy, control and participation. This course will use a series of case studies in which we follow a child through the process of a Mental Health Act assessment and explore the alternatives to compulsory admission under the Act.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the careful tension between the Mental Health Act 1983, The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Children Act 1989
- Assess the capacity of a young person to consent to inpatient admission to a psychiatric ward
- List the guiding principles behind such an admission
- Analyse how the child and young person’s voice should be at the heart of every decision as to care and treatment
- Appraise personal practice and develop a gold-standard understanding of the legal principles underpinning the detention, treatment and care of children and young people in a psychiatric setting
Course Details:
- Duration and CPD: 1 day | 6 hours
- In-house course format and fee: Virtual or face-to-face | Call for details
Please call 020 7549 2549 or email info@bondsolon.com to discuss or book an in-house course.