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Training Information
Training on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) is being made available to all service providers in Sheffield, including the independent sector.
Please click on one of the links below to find out more information.
E-learning package
Kwango is a thorough e-learning package ,and it is free to all service providers in Sheffield. You can find out more information on the Kwango website.
It is accessible via the Internet. Computer speakers are useful, as the training uses animated case studies to clarify important points.
For a username and password to access this facility, see the information below that applies to you.
- Sheffield City Council employees - visit the council's intranet site and type 'MCA training' into the search facility. You can access your username and password information there.
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals employees - email theo.quant@sth.nhs.uk.
- Sheffield Care Trust employees - email danielle.hogan@sct.nhs.uk.
- Sheffield Primary Care Trust employees - email heather.burns@sheffieldpct.nhs.uk.
- Employees of other organisations - contact your training manager.
Multi agency training sessions
Training sessions are available for managers with supervisory responsibility for front line staff whose work will be affected by the MCA’s implications. ‘Helping you to Implement the MCA in your Team’ training is being hosted by the statutory health and social care providers in Sheffield.
For further information, and to register on these one day workshops, please email mca@Sheffield.gov.uk.
Specialist training for policy authors/core in-house training authors
In order to prepare policy authors for the future reviewing task, two familiarisation sessions are being run by Leo Quigley (MCA lead) and Cathryn Essam (Legal and Governance policy adviser).
Anyone who is likely to be responsible for writing, reviewing or amending policies, procedures, guidance or core in-house training should attend one of these sessions. This is likely to include service managers and commissioning managers.
Session details
- Thursday 22 May, 9.00am to 1.30pm, Brockwood Park Training Centre, Woodhouse
For further information, to book a place or request further courses, please email mca@sheffield.gov.uk.
Additional training resources
Department of Health training materials
The Department of Health website has a number of training materials that are available to everyone.
The training materials have been produced by the University of Central Lancashire and the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College, London. The training materials comprise of five sets (a core set, a mental health set, a residential accommodation set, a community care and primary care set and an acute hospitals set).
MCA Diamond “prioritising” exercise for managers
You can download a fun and effective skills development tool at the bottom of this page. You can use this individually or as a group. This document allows you to rapidly identify;
- what’s in the MCA
- what’s new (not yet common practice/knowledge) enabling you to prioritise areas for skills/knowledge/policy development.
Print the diamonds and matching letters, then stick them together. This creates a set of 'playing cards' to assist people to learn and understand the MCA, and consider what's new. Effectively you will be holding the entire MCA in your hands.
The Three Stories DVD: The Mental Capacity Act
The Office of the Public Guardian offers an MCA DVD free of charge, which depicts three real life stories. It shows how the Act empowers and protects people who may lack capacity to make some decisions for themselves. To request the DVD please phone the Office of the Public Guardian on 0845 330 2900 and ask for the Mental Capacity Act: Three Stories DVD.
Downloads
Download a copy of the diamond training exercise for managers on the Mental Capacity Act. (40.2 KB)
Download a copy of the diamond training exercise for managers on the Mental Capacity Act (231 KB)
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